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The Johari Window Model

The Johari Window Model is a psychological model that helps individuals improve self-awareness and understand how they are perceived by others. It was developed in 1955 by American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham. The model represents information about a person as being in one of four categories or "panes": open self, blind self, hidden self, and unknown self. The goal is to increase the open self area through feedback from others and disclosure of more private information. This allows individuals to better understand both themselves and how others see them.

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The Johari Window Model

The Johari Window Model is a psychological model that helps individuals improve self-awareness and understand how they are perceived by others. It was developed in 1955 by American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham. The model represents information about a person as being in one of four categories or "panes": open self, blind self, hidden self, and unknown self. The goal is to increase the open self area through feedback from others and disclosure of more private information. This allows individuals to better understand both themselves and how others see them.

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The Johari Window Model

History
It is necessary to improve self-awareness and personal development among
individuals when they are in a group. The ‘Johari’ window model is a convenient
method used to achieve this task of understanding and enhancing communication
between the members in a group. American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry
Ingham developed this model in 1955. The idea was derived as the upshot of the
group dynamics in University of California and was later improved by Joseph Luft.
The name ‘Johari’ came from joining their first two names. This model is also
denoted as feedback/disclosure model of self-awareness.

Introduction
The Johari window model is used to enhance the individual’s perception on others.
This model is based on two ideas- trust can be acquired by revealing information
about you to others and learning yourselves from their feedbacks. Each person is
represented by the Johari model through four quadrants or window pane. Each four
window panes signifies personal information, feelings, motivation and whether that
information is known or unknown to oneself or others in four viewpoints.

The Johari Window Model

The method of conveying and accepting feedback is interpreted in this model. A


Johari is represented as a common window with four panes. Two of these panes
represent self and the other two represent the part unknown to self but to others. The
information transfers from one pane to the other as the result of mutual trust which
can be achieved through socializing and the feedback got from other members of the
group.
1. Open/self-area or arena – Here the information about the person his attitudes,
behaviour, emotions, feelings, skills and views will be known by the person as well as
by others. This is mainly the area where all the communications occur and the larger
the arena becomes the more effectual and dynamic the relationship will be.
‘Feedback solicitation’ is a process which occurs by understanding and listening to
the feedback from another person. Through this way the open area can be increased
horizontally decreasing the blind spot. The size of the arena can also be increased
downwards and thus by reducing the hidden and unknown areas through revealing
one’s feelings to other person.
2. Blind self or blind spot – Information about yourselves that others know in a
group but you will be unaware of it. Others may interpret yourselves differently than
you expect. The blind spot is reduced for an efficient communication through seeking
feedback from others.
3. Hidden area or façade – Information that is known to you but will be kept
unknown from others. This can be any personal information which you feel reluctant
to reveal. This includes feelings, past experiences, fears, secrets etc. we keep some of
our feelings and information as private as it affects the relationships and thus the
hidden area must be reduced by moving the information to the open areas.
4. Unknown area – The Information which are unaware to yourselves as well as
others. This includes the information, feelings, capabilities, talents etc. This can be
due to traumatic past experiences or events which can be unknown for a lifetime. The
person will be unaware till he discovers his hidden qualities and capabilities or
through observation of others. Open communication is also an effective way to
decrease the unknown area and thus to communicate effectively.
Example
Linda got a job in an organization. Her co-workers knew a little about her and in this context
the unknown and hidden areas will be larger and the open area will be small. As the others
don’t know much about her the blind spot also will be smaller and the model will be as
shown in Figure 1.
Linda spent most of her free time sketching in the office which was her preferred pastime and
her co-workers found her very shy and elusive. With that evaluation she got the idea how she
was and tried to be more talkative and interacted more with other co-workers. This helped her
to increase her open area and thus making the hidden and unknown areas smaller. (Figure 2)
Through the feedback Linda got from her co-workers she could perform well in the office
and her real capacity could be obtained as a result of an effective interaction among the
colleagues.

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