Journal #13: Johari Window

    

    

    Just as a reference for myself, I have my Johari window up top here. The 5 respondents were my parents, grandmother, and two friends (Fay and Alan, better known as The Ginger). I know it was ideal to get more variety, but I really only have the numbers for my close friends and family, and I don't have social media either. You aren't here to hear my excuses, though, so onto the analysis.

    Of the 6 words I chose, I was fascinated to see how only half came up when my participants rated me. Nervous and shy were chosen by both friends and family, and witty was chosen by Fay and my mother. That much seems reasonable to me; after all, I am closer to Fay than I am The Ginger and really enjoy making stupid jokes on the spot, which is something they'd know better than him.

    One thing that I found surprising was the facade spot. I can imagine nobody chosen relaxed since it seemed to contradict the nervous and shy descriptors, but I personally chose it because I interpreted relaxed as being generally mellow mood-wise. Self-conscious was one I was shocked to see that only I answered, because it's something that I have very clearly expressed to both parties who answered for my Johari Window. Perhaps they skipped it in favor of a different option that suited me better?

    Onto the words that were frequently used in my blind spot. Brave took me by surprise, but I then realized that the two people who answered it were my parents, which makes a lot more sense. I have definitely gone through more through their experiences with me than my friends would know. My grandmother and father answered intelligent, which is not much of a surprise because I feel like relatives are always insisting that their children/grandchildren are intelligent. Introverted was from both my parents and Fay, which I did not find as a surprise. 

    What was a bit interesting, though, was that among all of the repeat answers, very rarely was The Ginger among them. 2/3 of his responses were only answered by him, with the other third being shy and knowledgeable. What adds an additional layer of intrigue to this is that of the two he did share with others, both were also answered by my father. It makes me wonder whether the men who answered viewed me differently in some way than the women, which I can definitely see given that when I do need emotional help, I'm more likely to go to my mother. 

    At the end of the day (and the end of this journal entry), I feel like the majority of the responses were pretty understandable. If I was given the option to choose as many of the options as I saw fit, I definitely would have chosen almost all of the ones that my responders did (aside from brave and wise; really, wise?). It makes a lot of sense how some options were chosen by me (like self-conscious) and others only by my family and friends (like knowledgeable). I mean, if I consider myself self-conscious, of course I'd skimp out on saying I'm knowledgeable, because I don't think very highly of myself. 

    I was very interested in the Nohari Window, but with how few participants I got for the other one, I figured I might as well skip it.