Now, lets read each type of Maturity in detail:
[b]Chronological Maturity[/b]
Your age is calculated from the day when you come out of your mother’s womb and how many years, months, days you spend on this earth. Year after year, according to your age, you will become ‘older’. If you are born two years earlier than your brother, lifelong, you are two years elder to him. There is no change in it. You cannot increase your age or reduce it.
Chronological Maturity gives certain benefits from the society like right to vote, inheritance right, driving license, right to marry, to open an account in post office or bank etc….. in these situations, chronological maturity helps the individual.
[b]Physical Maturity[/b]
If a person attains his complete height, weight and energy, then he is said to have attained physical maturity. For example: A boy, who is in his growing years cannot say his body is physically matured.
When the physical growth stops, it indicates that the person is fully developed or matured. By this time, he receives the energy to do things, which adults usually do without fatigue. The glands in his body function just like the ones in adults.
When a child reaches physical maturity, we have some expectations from him/her in academics, when they participate in sports and games, do jobs, take up the family responsibilities, etc. Physical maturity also shows some influence on the relationship within and outside the family members.
Proper nutrition and exercises also help to some extent in the physical development, but cannot rectify the birth disorders and disabilities.
[b]Intellectual Maturity[/b]
There are no measures to weigh whether a person has intellectual maturity or not. However, the points mentioned below will help you to some extent examine whether a person has attained intellectual maturity or not.
When he is able to understand the society in which he lives, the cultured words, numbers, signs and is able to respond and communicate with others.
Taking independent decisions without waiting for others‒ intellectual maturity is possible only when a person is capable of taking decisions independently.
When he is able to solve his problems impartially and examine them practically.
When he makes a mistake and accepts it in a dignified manner, without holding others responsible.
Quick decisions without thinking the outcome of its results is a sign of childish mentality and this shows that the person lacks intellectual maturity.
Intellectual maturity changes from person to person and depends upon the situation in which he is. Another important aspect is that there is a similar relationship between emotional maturity and intellectual maturity.
[b]Emotional Maturity[/b]
To get irritated and feel sick when something that we think to happen does not happen and unable to control the anger are human weaknesses. These are the reactions of the people, who lack emotional maturity.
If one achieves the points mentioned below, he will become mentally stable and can attain emotional maturity.
*Accepting the Responsibilities
*Ability to Share the Love with others, as he desires to receive it from others
*One should not always think that his wishes will be fulfilled immediately, but should realise that it takes a lot of time, efforts and determination to fulfil one’s desire, and patiently wait until the time comes.
*One should reveal only some of his feelings to others and the rest of his feelings must be kept within him.
When a person achieves this control over his feelings, he is said to have attained emotional maturity.
Emotional Maturity does not come in one or two days, it develops gradually, and then you have a total control on all your feelings or emotions.
One who achieves emotional maturity stands as a charming personality in the society and the society too compliments him or her.
[b]Social Maturity[/b]
Mingling with different people without forming opinions about them comes under social maturity.
The cordial relationship with the society expands wider and stronger when a child becomes a boy, a boy becomes a teenager, and a teenager grows into an adult.
When one leaves his adolescence and enters into an adult life, one needs acquaintances with many different types of people. Therefore, when one deals with others in different situations, he/she has to make many adjustments.
Adjusting with others, without any rivalry and becoming one among others are the qualities of social maturity.
Your achievements like success, popularity, satisfaction, etc., all depend upon your social maturity.
[b]Philosophical Maturity[/b]
Every man in his life has a philosophy, which is necessary. Essential values of life, goals, true friends, meaning towards life, dedication, etc ‒‒ are all part and parcel of philosophy. When a person attains this philosophical level, it results in philosophical maturity.
This philosophy relates to life, and has to be within the range one lives with the society’s terms and conditions, values, family and religion. How close his philosophy agrees with the principles of the society depends upon the philosophical maturity he has attained.
Now examine yourself and find out in how many above said aspects you are matured....
