quiz

According to John Powell, if you are honest and open, peak communication can happen regularly with your friends, colleagues, and family.

False

An individual's open pane of the Johari Window is usually quite large when he or she interacts with a stranger for the first time.

False

When people communicate on the gut level in work environments, it translates into greater efficiency and productivity throughout the organization.

True

Promotion of personal growth is one of the positive by-products of self-disclosure.

True

The level of communication with the least amount of self-disclosure, including niceties such as "Have a nice day," is called what conversation?

Cliche

According to John Powell, "reporting the facts about others" is the level of self-disclosure that approaches honest expression because you reveal your conscious thoughts, opinions, and theories.

False

The blind pane of the Johari Window contains information about yourself that nobody—yourself, your friends, or your family—can see.

False

The four panes of the Johari Window always remain the same size for all relationships and interpersonal encounters of a person.

False

When you self-disclose, you risk losing your sense of identity.

False

In the context of the Johari Window, if you are shy or secretive what pane might be quite large?

Hidden

What pane of the Johari Window increases in size as a friendship develops?

Open

John Powell believes that silence tends to promote involvement only in what kind of relationships that have little benefit for the individual or company.

Superficial

What is the pane of the Johari Window that contains everything about you that other people can see but you cannot?

Blind

In the context of self-disclosure, it is best to avoid topics such as religion, politics, or non-work-related topics in the workplace.

False

According to John Powell, what kind of communication experience occurs in times of turmoil, great change, or self-discovery?

Transparency

According to John Powell's levels of self-disclosure, gut-level communication is the level at which you begin to apply genuine self-disclosure.

True

According to John Powell, a peak communication experience does not occur very often.

True

As a close relationship develops and the open pane of the Johari Window grows bigger, the hidden pane becomes smaller.

True

Author John Powell identified five general levels of self-disclosure: cliché conversation, reporting the facts about others, expressing ideas and judgments, expressing feelings and emotions on the "gut level," and peak communication.

True

Making gut-level communication work for you is a key step in the process of learning to self-disclose.

True

Overdisclosing often happens when a person feels socially awkward and is trying to make conversation.

True

People develop traits such as secrecy, dishonesty, or other defenses to prevent others from determining their true thoughts and motives.

True

The Johari Window deals with two factors: people's understanding of themselves and the way they interact with others based on that level of understanding.

True

The Johari Window is used in team member evaluation in performance management.

True

The blind pane of the Johari Window can be very disturbing to those who choose not to believe what others say about them.

True

The blind pane of the Johari Window can hide good qualities in people as well as bad traits.

True

The first step in dealing with fear is to decide how to respond to it.

True

The hidden pane of the Johari Window contains information that you know about yourself and have no reason to hide from most people.

True

When people operate on hunches or perceptions they have about each other, they are operating on the gut level of self-disclosure.

True