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  2. Adult - Wikipedia

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    Adult moths and butterflies are easily distinguished from their caterpillars.. An adult is an animal that has reached full growth. [1] The biological definition of the word means an animal reaching sexual maturity and thus capable of reproduction.

  3. Maturity (psychological) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, maturity can be operationally defined as the level of psychological functioning (measured through standards like the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) one can attain, after which the level of psychological functioning no longer increases much with age.

  4. Theory of basic human values - Wikipedia

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    Circle chart of values in the theory of basic human values [1]. The theory of basic human values is a theory of cross-cultural psychology and universal values developed by Shalom H. Schwartz.

  5. Social comparison theory - Wikipedia

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    Hyman revealed the assessment of one's own status is dependent on the group with whom one compares oneself. [6] The social comparison theory is the belief that media influence, social status, and other forms of competitiveness can affect our self-esteem and mood. This can affect individuals' outlook on themselves and how they fit in with others.

  6. Age of majority - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish Talmud says that every judgment Josiah, the sixteenth king of Judah (c. 640 –609 BCE), issued from his coronation until the age of eighteen was reversed and he returned the money to the parties whom he judged liable, due to concern that in his youth he may not have judged the cases correctly. [8]

  7. Edmund Husserl - Wikipedia

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    Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (/ ˈ h ʊ s ɜːr l / HUUSS-url, [14] US also / ˈ h ʊ s ər əl / HUUSS-ər-əl; [15] German: [ˈɛtmʊnt ˈhʊsɐl]; [16] 8 April 1859 – 27 April 1938 [17]) was an Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who established the school of phenomenology.

  8. Grounded theory - Wikipedia

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    Grounded theory combines traditions in positivist philosophy, general sociology, and, particularly, the symbolic interactionist branch of sociology.According to Ralph, Birks and Chapman, [9] grounded theory is "methodologically dynamic" [7] in the sense that, rather than being a complete methodology, grounded theory provides a means of constructing methods to better understand situations ...

  9. Actor–network theory - Wikipedia

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    Actor–network theory (ANT) is a theoretical and methodological approach to social theory where everything in the social and natural worlds exists in constantly shifting networks of relationships.