Development of emotions and emotional maturity

The process of maturation and learning play effective roles in the development of emotions in the human beings .As a child grows, he may Aquarius positive and negative emotions through his environmental experiences and training emotions or emotional behaviour are in our sense, the learned and acquired pattern of our behaviour.therefore at the time of birth a child does not show the presence of any specific emotions except a sort of general excitement in the form of crying or smiling. The state of general excitement showing pleasure or displeasure to the the concerned stimuli remains it with the infant up to 6 months therefore it can be safely said that a child begins his journey towards the development of his emotional behaviour with the help of two distinct emotions that is emotion of distress or displeasure and emotion of delight or pleasure when an infant completes the six months negative emotions like fear disgust anger jealousy extra take the lead and then the positive emotions like relation love sympathy enjoyment acceptor creeping generally upto two years almost all the emotions positive and negative take their shape and become quite distinct in children

                Emotional development after the stage of infancy is the totally concerned with the development of the ways and manners of expressing various positive and negative emotions these ways and means of emotional expression are learnt through environmental experiences formal as well as informal education as specialised the training given to an individual right from the childhood.

                    whatever experience education or training a person make it for the expression office emotional behaviour during his childhood and adolescence we expect from him a quiet nature behaviour in terms office emotional expression during the adulthood besides attaining maturity in terms of his physical and mental development and adult should also demonstrate adequate which is the internal surface emotional development in other words he must be emotionally immature and must exhibit it in his behaviour.

Meaning of emotional maturity

                  emotional maturity is that characteristic of emotional that is generally attained by an adult after the expiry of his adolescence period after attaining emotional maturity he is able to demonstrate a well-balanced emotional behaviour in his day-to-day life a person may be said to be emotionally matured if he has in his position almost all types of emotions positive or negative and is able to express them at the appropriate time in an appropriate degree.

The characteristics of an emotionally mature person

* Almost all the emotions can be distinguished seen in him and their pattern of expression can be easily recognised

* Manifestation of emotions is very much refined usually he expresses his emotion in a socially desirable way

* He is able to exercise control over his emotions sudden in appropriate emotion out best are rarely found in him he is able to hide his feelings and check his emotional tide

* The person Perseus things in their real perspective please not a daydreamer and does not process the desire to run away from reality

* His intellectual power like thinking and reasoning are properly exercised by him in making any decision he is guided more by his intellect and then his emotions

* He does not process the habit of rationalisation he never argues in defence or is undecidable or improper content also his nahin FIR shift the responsibility of his mistakes on others he is always honest and his behaviour

* He processes adequate self concept and self respect he never likes to do things Osho such behaviour that can enjoy his self respect and he is adversed to his ideas

*He is not confined to himself he thinks about others and is Keen to medium social relationship he never engages himself in such a behaviour as is anti social and can result in social conflicts and strain his social relationship

* He can exercise his emotions at a proper time in a proper place if there is a danger to his self prestige or if anyone is in distress he can rise to the occasion by exercising his emotion or anger but if he commits a mistake and his rebuked he is equally able to check his emotion of angle which are emotional behaviour is characterized by great stability a person having such maturity does not sudden shift from one emotion to another.

Conclusion

         

      Regarding the meaning of emotional maturity I would like to quote Arthur T.Jersild (1968).he is of the opinion that emotional maturity should not involve just simple destruction and control it means much more and adequate description of emotional maturity mistake account the full scope of the individual capacity and powers and off his ability to use and join them in his broadcast sense emotional maturity means the degree to which the person has realised is potential for richness of living and has developed his capacity to enjoy things to relate himself to others to love and to laugh is capacity for wholehearted sorrow when an occasion for grief arises and his capacity to show fear when there is location to be frightened without feeling a need to usse falls mask of courage