Johari's window on personality expression Flashcards
What is Johari Window’s theory on how personality is expressed?
What is the public arena of Johari’s window?
It contains the personality traits which we choose to share with others.
What is the hidden arena of Johari’s window?
This contains the personality traits that others observe that we don’t know about ourselves. These can be positive or negative and they affect the way others act towards us.
What is the unknown arena of Johari’s window?
This contains the things nobody knows about us including ourselves. It’s our latent abilities that we have never exposed.
These skills may never be exposed unless a challenge that requires them is faced. Until these skills are released the individual will not move forward with certain tasks but the process of challenging yourself can expose the unknown area.
What is the Private area of Johari’s window?
This contains aspects of ourselves that we keep hidden from others deliberately. Usually, these are hidden to avoid hurting others or being judged.
How does Johari’s window help us develop and work in teams?
It aims to help us open us much of the public arena of our personalities to make the other 3 smaller.
This is achieved by getting regular and honest feedback, having the willingness to disclose personal feelings, and being able to self-reflect and act.
This helps other people understand us better so they can provide the appropriate support.
Why is reflection important?
Active reflection is what maximizes the public arena.
What happens when someone has poor reflection skills?
If someone is unable is reflect and open their public arena, they will be a closed-off person leading to a lack of trust and ability to form relationships within a team.
A leader with this tendency will often be weak at motivating their team to succeed.
What happens when someone has good reflection skills?
They will become more willing to accept their strengths and weakness and act upon them, this opening their public arena. This allows them to form trusting relationships during teamwork making them more successful.
A leader with this tendency will be effective at motivating their team and responding to their feedback.
