Test Bank For Human Relations 6th Edition By Lowell

Chapter 03 Self-Awareness and Self-Disclosure
1. People develop traits such as secrecy, dishonesty, or other defenses to prevent others from determining their true thoughts and motives.

TRUE

Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how awareness-related barriers impact human relations.

2. The managerial grid is a composite of four panes that show ways of relating to others: open, blind, hidden, and unknown.

FALSE

Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how awareness-related barriers impact human relations.

3. 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

Learning Objective: 03-03 Use the Johari Window as a tool for self-understanding.

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

FALSE

Learning Objective: 03-03 Use the Johari Window as a tool for self-understanding.

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

TRUE

Learning Objective: 03-03 Use the Johari Window as a tool for self-understanding.

6. 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

Learning Objective: 03-03 Use the Johari Window as a tool for self-understanding.

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

FALSE

Learning Objective: 03-03 Use the Johari Window as a tool for self-understanding.

8. The blind pane of the Johari Window can increase in size if an individual is encouraged to look into his or her blind areas to a greater extent.

FALSE

Learning Objective: 03-03 Use the Johari Window as a tool for self-understanding.

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

TRUE

Learning Objective: 03-03 Use the Johari Window as a tool for self-understanding.

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

FALSE