Question

Salim's friend Eliza is a professional bird photographer. One day, Salim and Eliza go on a bird photography trip, and Eliza asks Salim to try taking pictures of a few birds with her new camera. To her surprise, Salim takes some good shots. Eliza sees great potential in Salim and encourages him to try bird photography as a hobby. Salim buys a new camera and takes up bird photography. He finds that he is pretty good at it and decides to pursue it as a profession. In the context of the Johari Window, which of the following statements is true of this scenario?
A. Eliza's feedback increased the size of Salim's open pane.
B. Eliza's feedback reduced the size of Salim's blind pane.
C. Eliza's feedback reduced the size of Salim's unknown pane.
D. Eliza's feedback increased the size of Salim's hidden pane.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Eliza's feedback reduced the size of Salim's blind pane.

Explanation:

According to Johari there are 4 panes for 360° feedback. The open, blind, hidden and unknown.

Blind pane or blind spot where actions and behaviours of an individual is seen by others but not by the individual. The activities that make up the blind spot can either be positive (hidden strengths), or negative (areas of improvement). In many cases this stage is the beginning of improvement.

In the given scenario Salim did not know he was good at bird photography till Eliza encouraged him to take it up. Eliza saw the potential in Salim to be a good bird photographer.