Kaplan wonders whether, extrapolating from these criteria, we can determine certain groups--perhaps older individuals, individuals with higher levels of education, and women--to be more mature than others. He also opens the floor to readers: what is maturity?
- Orientation toward work rather than play.
- Taking a long-run view rather than acting impulsively or spontaneously.
- Being serious rather than silly.
- Identifying with--and taking the side of--older people.
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