Bonus Blog – Johari Window

--Original published at Hope's PSY105 Blog

The Johari Window was an interesting experience in finding out what people think my personality is like.  The six words I picked to describe myself were accepting, complex, independent, observant, self-conscious, and sympathetic.  There are others I believe are true, but these six were the most prevalent.  All these traits are known by at least one other person.  The one with the highest number in the arena area?  Self-conscious, which six people agreed with.  Accepting and complex each had five people agree.

I liked seeing what other people thought.  Being that it could be anonymous, I sent it to two fairly large groups of people to see what their opinions were.  One group I had been in for a year and a half, the other had only been about a month.  Both groups have people who believe I am helpful, complex, trustworthy, and mature.  In the group I have been in for a longer time, however, people see me as an extrovert.  In the smaller group that I have been in for only a month, people thought I was more introverted.  There are many people in both groups who think I’m friendly, with fifty percent of the people who completed the Johari Window choosing friendly to describe me.  I learned that people think so much more of me than I think of myself.  A lot of the things that people did say, things like confident, dependable, caring, and happy, really caught me by surprise.

I think this was an accurate way to evaluate personality.  You choose what you think of yourself, but when you ask others, they choose what they think of you.  It depends on how you act around other people, and that influences what they choose, but for the most part I believe this was an accurate way to evaluate personality.

https://kevan.org/johari?view=hopee1212

 

EC JOhari

--Original published at CurtisCollegeBlog

So I completed the Johari window last week, and I filled it out how I viewed myself. I put clever, complex, energetic, extroverted, logical, self-conscious. Every trait that I picked, ended up getting picked at least once by someone else, so at least I know myself, or people agree with me on my personality.  Also nothing that I picked was not picked by others. I did like to see some of the other answers that people gave me, so that I know what people think of me. Most of the ones in my blind spot weren’t surprising to me at all. Like, I would use some of them to loosely describe myself. One that came off kind of shocking to me was trustworthy. I’m not saying I’m not trustworthy or anything, because I am, but the people who I had fill this out haven’t really had anything to trust me with, so I didn’t think that would come up. My most dominant trait was friendly, and it was voted upon by over half the people I asked even though I didn’t choose for myself. Instead, I chose a synonym for it, extroverted, which was voted upon a couple of times. Another trait that I could see for myself that a lot of others voted for was silly, I am generally a jokester and like to make others laugh so I could see why that would be a vote. Overrall, I like this window, because of how it compares how you view yourself versus how others see you. I think this would probably work better if there were less options and you were allowed to pick as many traits as applicable rather than 6. The not known to others section would definitely have more traits inside of it if that were the case.

Bonus Post – Johari Window

--Original published at marybraun99

For the Johari Window assignment, I chose to pick 5 people I was extremely close with, and 5 people that I didn’t know very well, such as people that were in my class. I did this to see if the people who I didn’t know much had about the same idea as those I am very close with. I thought it would be interesting to see.

During this process, when I started to pick out the 5 words I thought described me it was hard because I thought I fit in the middle of most of the categories, rather than specifically fitting perfectly into a few.

After sending the link to those to pick out traits, I was surprised that almost all of the words that I picked were picked by others too, even though many other words I would never see myself as, is what others put.

It was interesting to see that even those I didn’t know extremely well, they still picked the same words as those that I knew well. I thought the answers were going to be drastically different, however, they weren’t.

There were many places that more than one person picked the same word, but when looking at them I was not sure if they even fit me. It was interesting to see how others would describe me, versus how I would describe myself.

A lot of times people wonder how they look from others point of view, and I think by doing this exercise it almost in a way is like looking in from others perspectives. You see how you look in a way that others see you, rather than just picking words out that you would use to describe yourself.

It almost makes you feel warm in a way, knowing that different people think the same thing about you, and that almost verifies that you are like that, because if it is two people you know, that have never met each other before, but still pick the same personality traits to describe you it feels like that must be a true personality trait of mine.

I think I learned that even when you are having a hard day, and think people see you as a bad person, by seeing how many people chose the same good traits, it makes you realize you see yourself completely different than others see you, which makes you feel more confident.

I really enjoyed this exercise, it helps you learn a lot about yourself, and how others perceive you.

This is the link to my Johari Window…. https://kevan.org/johari?view=mary+braun

 

Johari Window Bonus Blog Prompt:

--Original published at Sierra's College Blog

As part of my exploration of personality, I completed an online Johari Window. This free and quick online personality evaluation was a process which helped me learn how similar my self-perceptions are to how others see me. The evaluation allowed me to really see what my friends and family members believed to be true about my personality.

The Johari Window process was very simple and easy to understand. I logged on to the website and chose six words, which best described me as a person. I then was given two links, one I was able to send to other people and the other to view how people responded. I sent the link to multiple family members and friends. I wanted to get a wide variety, so I sent it to my immediate family, cousins who I see occasionally, friends whom I met through other people, high school friends, college friends, and other people as well. They followed the link and chose the six personality traits they would choose for me. After all the answers were recorded, I viewed to see who knew me the closest as to how I viewed myself. It was interesting to see how people viewed me.

There were similarities to how I viewed myself and how others saw me in their eyes. All six of the personality traits I chose for myself were seen and chosen by my friends and family. At least one person chose each of the six traits. The two highest personality traits, which I chose as well as others, was intelligent and trustworthy. This meant a lot to me because I strive for academic excellence, and I want people to trust me in any situation.

I believed the Johari Window was a valid measure of my personality. The people, who were close to me and even the ones who were not, were able to identify the traits which I associated with myself. Even though I believed this was a valid measurement, I saw flaws within the evaluation as well. There were very similar word choices within the test, which made some peoples’ choices difficult to make. Also, the maximum recommended traits one could choose was six. This is a very low and inaccurate way to describe someone. I believed people had multiple characteristics with many different personality traits. Lastly with this said, I was able to see how I acted and was perceived towards each of my family member and friends.

Through this process, I learned how my family and friends viewed me and my characteristics. Some results surprised me, while others made me smile. I learned my mom and poppop knew me the best, which did not surprise me very much. I was very close to both of these family members. I also saw that my closer family and friends knew me better, in the same way as I viewed myself, compared to college friends. I learned people believed I was bold and mature. Also, I was very glad 50% of people thought I was trustworthy, and 62% thought I was intelligent. Lastly, I learned many people thought I was energetic and organized.

Overall, I was very pleased with the results from my personal Johari Window.

Link:

http://kevan.org/jh/sierraoz

 

Bonus Post – Johari Window

--Original published at Jessie's PSY105 Blog

This week’s bonus post is in regards to the Johari Window that we filled out. This was a part of our exploration of personality. The point of this exercise was to figure out how much our own perception of our personality matches up with how others see us. To start off the exercise, I had to choose 6 adjectives from the list that best described me. I did not find this very difficult, as I could see using many of the words on the list to describe myself. One slight speed bump I had was that many of the words were incredibly similar to each other. It was difficult to pick between two words that seemed to mean the same thing and I found myself having to look up their definitions to see how they were different. When I went to send the link to others to fill out, I decided to split it up between both my friends and family. I sent it to my parents, my two sisters, and then six of my close friends. Each of the words that I chose to describe myself were chosen by at least one other person except for one. I put ‘shy’ as one of my descriptors and this was the one that was not shared by anyone else. This came as a surprise to me. I definitely see myself as someone who is fairly shy. However, I would now agree that ‘introverted’ is a more accurate term to describe myself. I say that now because of what I read in the textbook about the misconceptions of introversion. In my opinion this test is a pretty good measure of personality. To a certain degree, no-one knows yourself better than you do, and this combined with how you come across to others, I would say, covers the majority of points of one’s personality. In terms of what I learned about myself through this test, I would say that there is a very big difference between shy and introverted, and that I identify more with the latter.

http://kevan.org/johari?view=rubelmannj

 

Johari Window Bonus Post

--Original published at Site Title

I really enjoyed using the Johari Window to assess they way I view myself in comparison to the way my close friends and family view me. I also appreciated how simple this process was. Though it was somewhat difficult for me to chose only 5-6 traits that I felt described me, it only took about five minutes complete. Also, the ten people I asked to respond were more than willing to participate, and they did so almost immediately.

As similarities go, many of my friends described me in the same way that I described myself. In my “known to self section”, accepting, friendly, independent, kind, and silly were all listed. Though none of these came as a surprise to me, it was still nice to see that my friends see these things in me. It was especially fulfilling to see that my friends see me as accepting, friendly, and kind because these are all traits that I know I have control over, and I take pride in the fact that I am, or at least I try to be, all of these things.

Overall, I do feel like this was a valid way to measure someone’s personality. However, there are some flaws. For example, I felt like way more than just six of the listed traits described me, and some of my friends told me the same thing. So, while the results are valid, they do not fully describe my personality, only the most prominent parts of it. Also, there are some things about myself that I keep from my close friends, therefore I did not select some traits that I know I have because I knew that my friends would be able to see them. Though I am generally an energetic, silly, and cheerful person, I am diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and this does sometimes inevitably affect my personality. While I am not ashamed of this and don’t mind sharing it on this blog, it is still something that I don’t generally discuss with my close friends because I do not want them to feel like they need to treat me differently. So, even though there are instances in the Johari Window where certain traits that people have may not be shared/selected, I still do believe the results are overall valid.

Upon reading the results of the Johari Window, I was able to determine, or at least I think, that I act differently here at school than I do at home. I came to this conclusion by noticing that my two best friends from home described me in a similar way (mature), while my two best friends from Etown described me in a similar way (spontaneous). I was slightly surprised by this, however it was neat to learn this about myself.

https://kevan.org/johari?view=kimstratton

Bonus Blog Prompt

--Original published at Emily's Blog

For an out of class assignment last week, we were asked to complete a Johari Window. I had never heard of a Johari Window before, but the experience was very interesting. A Johari Window is a model which was created by two psychologists named Joseph Luft and Harrison Ingham. They invented this model to show how we view ourselves compared to how others view us. It is a box with four sections. One corner of the box is for the unknown attributes which do not necessarily apply to you. Another is called the façade or hidden characteristics which you notice yourself, but others are not aware of. Another box is called the arena. It is the shared attributes which both you and others notice. The last is the blind spot characteristics which others notice but are not known to self. For my Johari Window, we were given a list of numerous adjectives and were asked to choose six which describe ourselves the best. I chose dependable, energetic, extroverted, kind, mature, and religious. I then sent the link to my entire family and some of my friends. Watching the responses come in was very intriguing as I could see what the people I loved believed were some of my character qualities. I also received numerous text messages which said it was difficult for them only to choose six adjectives. It made me feel so loved. All the qualities which I had chosen were also chosen by someone else, so I had zero adjectives in the Façade box. I had many characteristics which I would not have picked in my blind spot box. Some of these include brave, giving, idealistic, intelligent, powerful, self-assertive, and warm. I learned, I may not always believe I am brave, but others feel I am. My highest ranked quality at 66% was religious. I obviously agree with this as it is a very important aspect of my life. The second highest ranked characteristic was loving at 58%. I really appreciated this as one of my goals in life is to be a loving person. I think this test is valid, but I do wonder what would happen if people had to say some of my negative qualities. It makes me very thankful to the people in my life who choose to see the best in me.

https://kevan.org/johari?view=emilyspangler

What Do People Think of You?

--Original published at The Core Techs

Johari Window is an online program that helps you learn about your personality and how others see you compared to how you see yourself. For me, choosing only five or six personality traits was difficult. I narrowed some options down and ended up choosing six that seemed most relevant to me. Although this is true, many people chose different options than I, and it was very interesting to see what others thought of me. Most of the results were similar to what I was stuck between or would have chosen. Overall, the terms used to describe me most were caring, energetic, extroverted, friendly, and sympathetic. I would say that all of these characteristics suit me very well. I like to believe that people understand I care a lot about them. I also like to reach out to people and make new friends, so it would make sense that I am both extroverted and friendly. An important part of me that adds to me being so outgoing is how energetic I am. I always like to be enthusiastic about things, even when I am exhausted or sad on the inside. Showing my image to other people is extremely important to me because moods affect not only how people perceive you, but it affects their moods as well. Trying to understand people, be there for them, and simply listen are characteristics I am thankful I have. These make me into the sympathetic person other people would I agree I am. Other characteristics people chose about me that I did not choose for myself were cheerful, confident, kind, loving, silly, and trustworthy. I agree that I am most of these things, but I definitely fake my confidence. I actually have very low self-esteem, but most of the time, I can fake confidence pretty well. This is both a good and bad trait about me. If I can fake my emotions, it is easier to not stand out and also to look less nervous when presenting ideas or meeting new people. Although this is true, if I am feeling sad and others cannot tell, who will be there to support me? When no one realizes I am having a bad day, I will have no one but myself, and when I am alone, I will only have myself to blame. I do not try to be cheerful and silly, or even loving and kind, but these are just things that come naturally to me. I do not think about it much, but I really do try to put my heart and soul into everything I do. One last characteristic that was mentioned that I chose for myself but others did not choose for me was reflective. I believe that in everything I do I am very appreciative and I like to dwell and remember what I have done. I also like to analyze situations. I am definitely a philosopher at heart simply because it is something I purely enjoy.

The Johari Window has allowed me to learn more about myself and what others think of me. The fact that I could only choose five or six traits about me made me really think about who I think I am as a person. A lot of people chose the same thing I did, but it also made me realize I possess I really neat quality that people do not know I have. It also good to see how people view you and what they think about you. I am happy people see me through these characteristics because that is primarily how I would like to be seen. This test is very accurate if the people who take the survey are being honest. I think the survey is great not only because of the variety of options there are, but also the number of options. There are not too many options, and there are also not too few. By using this link, I have managed to learn a lot about my personality. If you would like to learn more about yourself and what others think of you, I would highly recommend the Johari Window.

Here is my link if you would like to contribute! https://kevan.org/johari?view=brooke+zehr

Have you grabbed yourself a Johari Window link yet, Core Techs?

-B

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Who Are You? – Mixed Media; 2017 Portfolio

Week 11 First Impression Post

--Original published at Caleb C's College Blog

Being in college is extremely stressful, and for good reason. Without the stressful situations we encounter in our upper level academic career, I believe we wouldn’t be adequately prepared for real world work and potentially receive a diploma which felt like it wasn’t earned and holds no value. If you think about it in terms of things say your friends or family give you for free, these things are great but they typically don’t mean as much to you compared to if you had worked for it.

Currently, college is quite stressful, and the way I cope with the stress is napping, eating, and hanging out with friends. These all seem to help, but the stress always comes back. I believe out of those three, hanging out with friends helps the best because it makes you feel happy and helps you forget about your stress. Also, things I could do to help manage my stress would be coordinating a better sleep schedule and studying for my exams in a more spaced out manner. I really believe these two things would help quite a lot in the long run and alleviate stress levels.

First Impression Post 11 on Stress

--Original published at JD's Blog

Stress can be dealt with or managed in several different ways. Over the years I have tried many different methods of dealing with stress caused by work or social situations. Sometimes I watch a television show, movie or funny videos on YouTube. Anything to make me laugh and forget about whatever is stressing me out. I also enjoy working out. Going to the gym or swimming helps me relieve stress. Being able to take time out of my day and concentrate on physical activity or where I can place my concentration on something other than what is stressing me out. The stress can also be channeled into helping me lift more weight or swim faster. So far my strategies work very well. Sometimes I listen to classical music or any type of music. I also play music and sometimes and can channel the feelings of stress into the music. I could incorporate several different types of stress relievers into my life. I would like to try yoga or some type of exercise class that takes place later at night. Any type of class that focuses on relaxation or concentration would help. However, It depends on when they are offered because if too much time is spent relaxing then the stress only gets worse. There should be a balance between time spent dealing with the material that is causing the stress and the stress itself. Trying to incorporate new styles of stress relief into my routine would be hard at first, but I feel it would pay off. I am always looking for new ways to de-stress more effectively.