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Post by NormanTheOne on May 22, 2010 16:29:46 GMT -5
In my opinion maturity of an individual is mostly affected by how much responsibility is distributed to the person, and more significantly, the ability to handle the responsibilities given. That is the reason as to why immaturity is very connected with people being irresponsible, mere humor should not affect one's view of how mature someone is.
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Post by rialvestro on May 24, 2010 22:34:34 GMT -5
Maturity is most definitely not about being serious ALL THE TIME. Adults are prone to the same kinda stuff kids are. I mean I'm 24, still play video games, have a rather large Transformers collection, still watch cartoons, and I can tell inappropriate jokes at times too. Better example, my dad just turned 52, he still plays video games, has a fairly large collection of Star Trek toys, is funny... some times... and watches cartoons. People who think growing old means giving up things they still like but are considered to be childish are just... well I don't know if there is a word for that but there should be. Anyway, being mature isn't about giving up on childish things, it's just about learning when you need to be serious like at school or work. That is one thing school does well to prepare you for the work place... Unless you work at places like Roosterteeth where your job is to play video games... Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, it's not a good idea to bring Transformers to the work place and make the Autobots wage their battle to defeat the evil forces of the Decepticons during work hours but on your own time... LET THE WAR RAGE ON!
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Post by NormanTheOne on May 25, 2010 12:51:13 GMT -5
I think the word(s) you were searching for to describe the people is, socially conditioned.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2010 13:48:58 GMT -5
First, I think this video form the vlogbrothers is somewhat important:
Second, technically, we could say maturity is reached at the age in which the human brain becomes capable of predicting the possible consequences of actions taken. Yet, this happens at around 12 years old, and the brain is far from being totally developed.
So how about we say that maturity is reached when the human brain is fully developed?
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Post by rialvestro on May 27, 2010 5:14:37 GMT -5
I think the word(s) you were searching for to describe the people is, socially conditioned. Thanks! ;D
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Post by redkneehighsocks on May 27, 2010 7:17:38 GMT -5
maturity is knowing how to act in a situation. having fun is nice when the moment calls for it, but in some situations it is uneccessary. I spose its kind of like judging how people are feeling, and acting accoridingly.
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Post by zAkAtAk on May 28, 2010 8:40:50 GMT -5
When you are capable of making your own decisions for your life.
EDIT: not just merely, "what am i going to eat for breakfast" but more of life goals and aspirations.
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Post by Helmet on May 29, 2010 20:38:08 GMT -5
Maturity is having a mental control over the situation, if you are running around during a funeral, and you have no slight idea that it is a bad idea to do that, you're probably immature.
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Post by GojuRyuKarateWolf on May 31, 2010 16:23:27 GMT -5
Maturity to me is when you realize it's not all just fun and games.
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Post by Alex on May 31, 2010 16:38:25 GMT -5
Maturity is not laughing when someone says something like "That is SO long!"
I am not mature.
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Post by tulae on Jun 2, 2010 0:10:17 GMT -5
something interesting i noticed (im glad this is a thread..)
is that the most hypocritically immature people like to use the labels of mature and immature, like they're seperate groups of people, and that they're one of the special ones that knows the criteria for each. it's idiotic and here's why: you can hardly eliminate bias from your veiws, but the best way to try is to 1. recognize that you have it, and 2 keep an open and fascinated perspective. putting any act or idea down as stupid, immature, or just plain bad is the best way to close yourself off from anything that might actually help you out
i think what maturity is really trying to describe is "good at living" in which case, a person ought to be open to all sorts ways of going about your life to pick out what they find to be the best.
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Post by brumagem on Jun 7, 2010 17:11:50 GMT -5
Maturity is knowing right from wrong, and standing up for it. That's 'morality' and 'conviction' respectively. Maturity is most definitely not about being serious ALL THE TIME. Adults are prone to the same kinda stuff kids are. I mean I'm 24, still play video games, have a rather large Transformers collection, still watch cartoons, and I can tell inappropriate jokes at times too. Better example, my dad just turned 52, he still plays video games, has a fairly large collection of Star Trek toys, is funny... some times... and watches cartoons. People who think growing old means giving up things they still like but are considered to be childish are just... well I don't know if there is a word for that but there should be. Anyway, being mature isn't about giving up on childish things, it's just about learning when you need to be serious like at school or work. That is one thing school does well to prepare you for the work place... Unless you work at places like Roosterteeth where your job is to play video games... Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, it's not a good idea to bring Transformers to the work place and make the Autobots wage their battle to defeat the evil forces of the Decepticons during work hours but on your own time... LET THE WAR RAGE ON! You speak (well, type) on the implication that seriousness is exclusive from childishness. Childishness (not always a bad thing) =/= Foolishness
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Post by mashuga31 on Jun 8, 2010 19:41:28 GMT -5
Being mature is being able to take those jokes instead of being a dick about stuff. It's also just generally knowing how to deal with stuff so that you don't seem like the bad guy, hehehe...
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Post by j on Jun 8, 2010 19:56:08 GMT -5
Maturity means, to mean, that you acknowledge right from wrong, know the appropriate social customs, and, most importantly, are responsible. Responsibility is probably one of the greatest signs of maturity, not just being able to make responsible choices, or take responsibility for something that you've done right, but also take responsibility for things that you've done wrong as well and admit that you were wrong.
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Post by rialvestro on Jun 9, 2010 5:43:05 GMT -5
You speak (well, type) on the implication that seriousness is exclusive from childishness. Childishness (not always a bad thing) =/= Foolishness I wouldn't call it foolishness. Foolishness is = to immaturity. As I exsplained it is possible to be childish and still be mature. Childish is not foolish. Being mature is simply knowing when it's appropriate to be childish and when it's nessisary to be serious. Being foolish or immature is being childish when it's not an appropriate time. Telling fart jokes at a bar, totally mature. Telling fart jokes at a funeral, immature. Staying up all night on a weekend, mature. Staying up all night when you have to get up early for work or school, immature. (unless of course you suffer from some form of Insomnia which prevents sleeping weather you want to or not.)
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Post by Vorrik on Jun 9, 2010 7:47:47 GMT -5
Maturity is irrelevant,
Its just something that adults say to differentiate them from their children, world knowledge bla bla bla... it doesnt matter if your mature or not because its something that matters so little in your day to day life that you can just ignore it.
I dont step back and go "im so mature/ im not mature *wrists*"
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Post by plainwhitepaper on Jun 10, 2010 13:37:07 GMT -5
For me, maturity is knowing who you are, being confident in who you are, and knowing how to use yourself to better you and those around you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 13:56:01 GMT -5
I believe that maturity indicates the moment when you're able to live independent from your parents and function in society.
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Post by rialvestro on Jun 11, 2010 1:07:24 GMT -5
I believe that maturity indicates the moment when you're able to live independent from your parents and function in society. So when you're 16? Technically you're still living under their roof because you're legally required to but you can get a job and start doing things for yourself that you couldn't do before. And really you're never fully independent from your parents no matter how much you want to be... unless they're dead or you get a restraining order on them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2010 2:19:26 GMT -5
I believe that maturity indicates the moment when you're able to live independent from your parents and function in society. So when you're 16? Technically you're still living under their roof because you're legally required to but you can get a job and start doing things for yourself that you couldn't do before. And really you're never fully independent from your parents no matter how much you want to be... unless they're dead or you get a restraining order on them. First of all, the age you give is probably in the US. There are people from all around the world here And I'm not talking about the age the government decided that you're independent. Some people can be reach maturity at 16, others at 30. There's no age set to something like this.
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