Johari’s Window is a technique used to assist people with finding out what they decide to disclose about themselves with others. Johari’s Window consists of the open self which is what is known by the person about himself/herself and is also known by others; the blind self what is unknown by the person about himself/herself but known by others; the hidden self is what one knows about himself/herself that others do not; the unknown self is what is unknown to both the person and by others. With the help of Johari’s Window coupled with Social Penetration Theory, Uncertainty Reduction Theory, and Dyadic Effect, I will attempt to explain how I decide to disclose myself with others. I will explain what information goes into every section of my Johari’s
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Then again, there are things I routinely do before disclosing anything intimate. Initially, I would use the Uncertainty Reduction Theory to gain as much information as I can; I would do this to basically see if the person at the superficial level, was crazy or just plain incompatible with me. Then once they pass that test I usually switch to a slower approach to gaining information like the Social Penetration Theory. I feel like this usually helps me actually get to know the person and all their different levels of their Johari’s Window, besides of course the unknown self. An example of these can be with my best friend Jorge. When we first meet him we usually just talked about things very superficial like school, what homework was due, what girl we thought were cute, what were are hobbies. That slowly and gradually increased, especially because of the Dyadic Effect, which is when you disclose something of a certain level of intimacy, and they also disclose something at the same level of intimacy as your disclosure. I’ve been best friends now with Jorge for roughly 5 years now, and we can practically tell each other anything, because within the 5 years we have disclosed many intimate things, peeling back the layers and revealing more about the …show more content…
Showing me the way that I display myself and the way I disclose myself to others. With the help of Johari’s Window coupled with Social Penetration Theory, Uncertainty Reduction Theory, and Dyadic Effect, I explained how I decide to disclose myself with others. I also explain what information goes into every section of my Johari’s Window, and how that affects my relationship with individuals. Lastly, what I revealed what I believe were the risks/rewards of self-disclosure on my interpersonal relationships. This paper really made me go into a deeper realm of thinking by making me self-analyze myself and how I display myself to the
Then again, there are things I routinely do before disclosing anything intimate. Initially, I would use the Uncertainty Reduction Theory to gain as much information as I can; I would do this to basically see if the person at the superficial level, was crazy or just plain incompatible with me. Then once they pass that test I usually switch to a slower approach to gaining information like the Social Penetration Theory. I feel like this usually helps me actually get to know the person and all their different levels of their Johari’s Window, besides of course the unknown self. An example of these can be with my best friend Jorge. When we first meet him we usually just talked about things very superficial like school, what homework was due, what girl we thought were cute, what were are hobbies. That slowly and gradually increased, especially because of the Dyadic Effect, which is when you disclose something of a certain level of intimacy, and they also disclose something at the same level of intimacy as your disclosure. I’ve been best friends now with Jorge for roughly 5 years now, and we can practically tell each other anything, because within the 5 years we have disclosed many intimate things, peeling back the layers and revealing more about the …show more content…
Showing me the way that I display myself and the way I disclose myself to others. With the help of Johari’s Window coupled with Social Penetration Theory, Uncertainty Reduction Theory, and Dyadic Effect, I explained how I decide to disclose myself with others. I also explain what information goes into every section of my Johari’s Window, and how that affects my relationship with individuals. Lastly, what I revealed what I believe were the risks/rewards of self-disclosure on my interpersonal relationships. This paper really made me go into a deeper realm of thinking by making me self-analyze myself and how I display myself to the