Johari Window Analysis

The work is separated into sections with sub-headings which clearly identify the themes being discussed. Footnotes appear frequently giving further explanations of points being made and also direct us to sources with added information. This work provides us excellent understanding of how we as individuals present ourselves to others when interacting in our daily lives.

Throughout our whole lives, we spend the majority of our time communicating in some way or form. Many people in today’s society are uninformed of all the key concepts and importance of communication, such as interpersonal communication. One major concept in the field of communication is Interpersonal Communication. Many concepts of Communication can be demonstrated in everyday life or even in our favorite movies. This analysis is from the movie, “Blind Side”. There are many concepts of Interpersonal Communication included in this film. Self Concept, Self Esteem, Stereotype, Perception, and Stages of Relationship are just a few concepts that are utilized throughout this movie.

During my time at BSU my development of the knowing would be identified within the probing commitment stage. This stage is within a young adult’s life is characterized by tentative commitments that are based on “serious, critically aware exploration” (Parks, 2000, p.67). These commitments are often focused on goals and hopes related to future relationships, careers, and faith. An example of this as a student at BSU was my longing for a church while I was a student living on campus. I wanted to find one that not only made me feel welcome but also where I wasn’t the only student to attend so I could build relationships with the community both old and

Knapp, M. L., Vangelisti, A. L. (2005). Interpersonal Communication and HumanRelationships. (5th ed.) Boston: Pearson.

The goal is to increase self-awareness by using the Johari Window so that individuals can interact with one another comfortably, accept differences, and observe each and every ones right to respect and dignity.

Arguably, human beings face cognitive association in their daily life. This occurs in the different spheres of life spanning from personal relations to different encounters that man has. The different associations we have been found to be instrumental in shaping up man’s thoughts, as well as behavior and cognitions. Both behavior and cognition are two important aspects of social psychology, which discusses the human behavior in the various social settings. These researchers established that man has different characters that are influenced by the presence of other individuals. Furthermore, the characters are dependent on one’s social influence, the social perception and the various social relationships. In most times, character develops through

Where do the majority of college students, specifically Boston College undergrads, think they are in their lives at this current point in time? One can expect to get a majority of answers that echo sentiments of growth, experimentation, and overall personal development. In other words, most students will say that college is the time in your life when you try figure out who you are, while doing things you never thought you would do or would do normally. However, lurking underneath these seemingly pure and forward-looking attitudes is a false understanding of development, particularly habit development. In actuality, most college students live in a bubble. At Boston College, this massive bubble that is American college life encompasses within

During the late 1950’s and continuing into the late 1960’s, a psychologist known as William Perry conducted a series of open-ended interviews from Harvard college students who were both successful and those who were not in their personal educational studies. This led to Perry devising a scheme, otherwise known as an outline, diagram, or plan. This scheme identified the ways students change as they responded to college learning experiences. The change occurs in students both in a cognitive sense, what one intellectually knows, and an affective sense, or what one emotionally feels. The scheme consisted of four distinct stages consisted of Dualism, Multiplicity, Contextual Relativism (Relativism) and Commitment within Relativism (Commitment).

Using the Johari Window, I would say our areas of open, hidden, and unknown were exactly where I expected them to be. The unknown was moderate in size, the open was large, and the hidden was small. The reason for the open and hidden area being so large and so small respectively, is illustrated by the social penetration theory. Unlike Victoria and my relationship where we had little breadth or depth, Gavin and I have both depth and breadth to our conversations and therefore our relationship We often self-disclose to one another about a wide range of topics and in varying depths. The only window in the Johari Window concept that was surprisingly large to me was our blind windows. Some of the words we used to describe each other’s personalities, didn’t match exactly, but were accurate parts of our personalities that we just hadn’t realized. This concept includes the most important trait we each look for in romantic partners. While our answers about one another didn’t match, they were still accurate in the sense that we just didn’t realize those things about ourselves, making it a part of our blind

Every person is unknowingly or knowingly positioning himself in the mind of the other. This can occur when a person is in the company of his colleagues, his friends, relatives, or even in his own house! This impact or the ‘impression’ as we call it casually can be through very subtle signs of the person’s expressions and responses to some particular views, ideas or opinions. Even a person’s appearance - through the way he presents himself, contributes enormously in constructing an image or a position of that particular person in the mind of the other.

have found myself to now live by that idea. As I said in the previous sentence I

The process of adjusting the self to new environments is described by Goffman as “impression management” (1959, p.70). People in their everyday lives manage settings, clothing, words, and nonverbal actions to “convey an impression to others” (1959, p.2) like actors on the stage. They strive to maintain the face they have created in social situations. This process occurs everywhere in society and “provides a clear-cut dimension for formal sociological analysis” (1959, p.8). Thus, it can be said that in communicating with others, persons all assume different roles and they act in the way that suits their incumbent roles. Moreover, behind that performance of the actors, it is necessary to have a “working consensus” (Goffman, 1959, p.4) or a “commitment” between them. This consensus is formed according to invisible and unspoken norms and rules (such as greeting and thanking) that members of society follow. It is norms and rules that make everything that people are doing, minute by minute not natural but socially constructed.

Developing an understanding of the self is crucial for one’s health and happiness, and self-understanding also allows people to make decisions more easily in life. The years spent in post-secondary education serve as a transition period between childhood and adulthood, allowing students to gradually accept additional responsibilities and discover who they are as people. Without this transition period, the introduction to adulthood may be jarring and unsuccessful. Education in the humanities and liberal arts in particular often involves assignments which inspire a great deal of self-reflection, establishing a student’s sense of self in a structured fashion in addition to the natural growth that occurs as part of being a post-secondary

Communication accommodation theory was developed by Hoard Giles decades ago and over the time has been used to explain many scenarios of interpersonal interactions. The two articles that have been chosen try to use communication accommodation theory to explain specific common social interactions. Moreover, my own personal experiences can be explained the theory’s premises and assumptions.

The distinction of the differences or similarities between the communicator and conversational partners can influence whether they chose to engage in association or dissociation. These dissimilarities and resemblances help to shape our perceptions of each other. Through the analysis of ethnic proximity, ethnic distance, shared goal structure, separate goal structure, and personal network integration, the situation layer of Kim’s Interethnic Theory will be explored.