Construct · 4 fields · 4 citations
One name. Different field. Different construct. One map.
● jingle · one word, four constructs Nearest construct by meaningegocompare the meaningsEvery construct on the map is compared with every other by the meaning of its definitions, and the closest one is surfaced here. The nearest construct to maturity is ego.
Hold this as a prompt, not a verdict. Two constructs sitting close in meaning is a reason to read them side by side and decide for yourself whether they are one idea under two names. It is not proof that they are. Compare the meanings in the Collider.
Spokes are fields; dashed arcs are shared lineage. Tap a field for its definition, unit, and measures.
Drag to watch the word get claimed. Each field appears at the publication date of the earliest source cited for it. Tap a year to see which.
The fixed date on which a debt instrument's principal falls due and the contract ends: a bond or loan reaches maturity when the borrower must repay the face amount and the security ceases to exist. Barclay and Smith's 1995 The maturity structure of corporate debt studied how firms choose the mix of short and long maturities in what they issue, treating maturity as the length of time until repayment is contractually owed. The referent is a calendar due date written into a contract, counted in years remaining until repayment, and it is not a stage of psychological growth, a body reaching the ability to reproduce, or a rung on a management framework.[1]
The state of advanced psychological and emotional development, in which a person handles impulse, conflict, and relationships in more integrated and flexible ways than at earlier stages. Loevinger's 1966 The meaning and measurement of ego development set out a sequence of stages through which the self grows toward greater maturity, from impulsive and self-protective ways of functioning to more autonomous and integrated ones. The referent is an inner developmental level of a whole person, placed on a stage ladder rather than a clock, and it is not a repayment date, a body becoming able to reproduce, or a process capability rating.[2]
The point at which an organism completes the growth needed to reproduce, so that maturation is the developmental transition from a juvenile to a reproductively capable adult. Stearns and Koella's 1986 study of reaction norms for age and size at maturity treated the age and body size at which an organism first reproduces as a central life-history trait shaped by growth and survival. The referent is a biological developmental threshold in an organism's life cycle, marked by the onset of reproductive ability and measured in age or body size, and it is not a contractual due date, an inner psychological stage, or a staged management model.[3]
A graded level on a staged framework that describes how developed and disciplined an organization's processes are, so a higher maturity means more defined, measured, and controlled ways of working. Paulk, Curtis, Chrissis, and Weber's 1993 Capability maturity model, version 1.1 set out five levels through which a software organization's process can progress, from initial and ad hoc up to optimizing. The referent is a rung on a managed improvement ladder for a group's practices, assessed by appraisal against defined criteria, and it is not a debt's due date, a person's inner development, or a body reaching the ability to reproduce.[4]
Next
See how maturity sits against neighbouring constructs in the Collider, or export every reference on this page in one click.
Open in ColliderExport BibTeXReport this collisionCited on this page?
If your work is cited behind one of these entries, you know better than we do whether we captured the meaning right. Confirm it, suggest an edit, or dispute it, and your name goes on the entry as an author who has checked it, linked to your ORCID.
Claim your construct