JOHARI WINDOW The Johari Window provides a way

JOHARI WINDOW The Johari Window provides a way to look at the self. There are things you know about yourself and things you don’t know. There are things other people know about yourself and things they don’t know.

AREA #1 – OPEN SELF • You know and others know • Represents your public self • Common knowledge about yourself • You feel free to share this information with others

AREA #2 – BLIND SELF • Others know but you don’t know • Information others have about you that you don’t have • How you look to other people • You will have to ask other people how they view you

AREA #3 – HIDDEN SELF • You know but others don’t know • Things you know about yourself but have been unwilling to share with others • Secrets • Things you might be ashamed of • Fears/embarrassing moments/facts etc.

AREA #4 – UNKNOWN SELF • You don’t know and others don’t know • Things about you that you don’t understand • Your needs, expectations and desires that you have that you don’t understand

Why should I self disclose? ? • By self disclosing, an individual increases the free area and decreases the size of the hidden area. If hidden area is decreased then the unknown area is likewise decreased. Such disclosing on the part of an individual makes feedback easier by others and, therefore, the blind area and unknown area are also reduced in size. • SELF DISCLOSURE – can then be seen as a means to aiding an individual in learning more about the self.

ASSIGNMENT: • Make a list of 10 items for each area • Cut out pictures from magazines and/or draw pictures that describe or represent your 10 items • Label each picture with the word you are describing • Make sure to make your window creative (20 points) • This project is worth 60 points • This is due Tuesday September 20 th