The Marks Of Maturity Tim Mammore Analysis

Mature. The definition of mature is; one that is fully developed physically; fully-grown. To me, mature means you are able to watch out for yourself and others, you are able to have manners, and you are reliable as well as responsible. Mature doesn’t have an age to it. There are many kids who are very young, for example, six or seven, who are mature. Others don’t mature until they are about thirteen or fourteen. It really just depends on the background of that individual. Maturity all ties into the changes that Scout undergoes in the book To Kill a Mockingbird.

“It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things,”. Children mature as they grow older. Manifestations of maturity include; overcoming adversities, perseverance, and making decisions that positively impact one’s future.

Before we continue, we should discuss what maturity is. According to Wikipedia, the definition of maturity is “ a psychological term used to indicate that a person responds to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate and adaptive manner.” This response is generally learned rather than instinctual, and is not determined by one's age. Maturity also encompasses awareness of the correct time and place to behave, knowing when to act with appropriate emotion for the situation. Maturity incorporates personal accountability, meaning you take ownership of situations you are involved in. By following one’s conscience, you are taking personal accountability.

I believe maturity is not dependent on a person’s age because humans are affected by different situations, are different genders and are raised differently.

Often, we think of older people as being smarter, wiser, and generally more mature, but this is not always the case. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger gives a number of examples that shatter this generalization, offering an alternative to age as the primary factor in one’s level of maturity. Ordinary Grace shows how maturity is a result of circumstance and does not necessarily correlate with age.

I had always been mature for my age; I started kindergarten when I was four and I made up for that age gap by acting a little older. However, the true maturity that I hold now, the maturity people refer to when they say I am “wise beyond [my] years” did not develop in kindergarten, or even in school.

Maturity is commonly used word, but when asked what the word means many people simply shrug their shoulders. Maturity isn’t a word that has a clear definition. Being based primarily on one’s connotation, it doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. Personally I picked this word up through context. However, upon doing a careful study of where this word originates and other’s connotation’s, I feel I’ve achieved a relatively good understanding. Webster claims the word to mean “based on slow careful consideration,” but I feel there is much more to this word than that.

To attain maturity, you must have a loss of innocence. For example, when a kid finds out that Santa Claus is not real, he is disappointed and cannot believe the fact that there is no Santa Claus, because

"Maturity is not measured by age, it is an attitude built by experience." Everyone matures in some way in-order-to survive in the real world. But not everyone matures in the same way because everyone has different experiences which mature them over time. In "The City of the Beasts" by Allende, the author uses imagery and archetypes to enhance Alex's journey into maturity.

I interviewed “Lessmusclethenkevin”, age 14, on November 7th, 2014. I believe that Lessmusclethenkevin is Young Adult based on my interview. A young adult is a stage of life that Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial Development states a person goes through. Erikson’s theory states that every single person goes through the same 8 stages of life in different ways. So using his theory I interviewed lessmusclethenkevin. I believe that he is in front of his normal stage of development in comparison to his age. The reasons that lead me to this conclusion are that he showed remarkable maturity, incredible intelligence, and little interest in what the other Adolescents are doing. If my hypothesis is correct, this would mean his maturity/stage of development

One example of maturity by a character is, “ A portion of Tom’s half of the cake was left; they divided and ate it”(Twain 183). When Tom and Becky were lost in the cave, where there was only a water spring and cake that Tom saved he was kind and remote enough to share his portion. Maturity was shown by the character, Tom, because he had an option of eating the remaining cake. However Tom was kind and remote enough to shared his portion of the cake with

The maturity level for adults is measured in a different way than it is for children. A mature adult makes decisions based on what the right thing to do is. Mature elders show a genuine care for others, go out of their way to help them, are less reckless, and have a better sense of reality. In short, mature adults think about how they can help the world around them.

An individual's self-concept is the core of personality. For ordinary people, personality changes with success and failure in life; but for people with intellectual curiosity, maturity is the real artifact of a desired personality. Age is no guarantee of maturity. Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure ups and downs and uncertainty in life. It is an ability to think, speak and act all feelings within the bound of dignity even in the middle of clear and present danger. It takes long time to bring excellence to maturity. Youth condemns; maturity condones. “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned

Becoming an adult involves much more than becoming physically mature, though that is an important part of the process. The transition from childhood to adulthood also involves changes in patterns of reasoning and moral thinking, and adjustments in personality and sexual behavior. Though the process is complex, most adolescents cope reasonably well with their changing circumstances. (Kassachau, 1995)

Teenagers, teens, young adults - these terms are commonly used by many to refer to us, adolescents. We independently go through a shift from childhood to adulthood (adolescence). In this developmental stage of adolescence, we experience dramatic changes in our physical, emotional, and cognitive aspects. As we reach the stage of late-adolescence, which occurs from ages 18 to 22, we become increasingly focused on the formation of our identities. At this point, almost all of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are driven by the exploration of various personal identities in pursuit of