Notes about the cognitive psychology tool, Johari Window
(Was mentioned in an episode of the tv series 'Fringe')
-created by Joseph Luft + Harry Ingham in the 1950's
- illustrates and improves self awareness
- represents information about a person from 4 perspectives
(feelings, experience, views, attitudes, skills intentions, motivation)
consisting of 56 adjectives
1 2
________________
| | |
| Arena | Blind | 3
|_______|_________|
| | |
| Facade | Unknown | 4
|_______|_________|
clockwise direction
1 - Known by yourself
2 - Not known by yourself
3 - known to others
4 - not known to others
Arena - Person is the focus of the exercise + record info, behaviour and feelings etc
Blind spot - Others opinions (that you don't know yourself) The goal is to reduce the size of this window and increase the size of the arena
Facade - known by yourself but kept hidden from others
Unknown - Not known by anyone, for example, illness, repressed memories, conditioned behaviour and so on.
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Simon Johnson
www.thephilosophicalphotographer.co.uk
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