Resonsibility Cluster - Mature Adjustment
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A. The "Mature Adjustments": A+, I+, S+, C+.

If maturity is defined as the extent to which the individual catches up with his society and internalizes its values, then a profile in which all four of these scores high is a mark of maturity. In PAS terms, these are the Ecc Icc Rcc Fuc adjustments, in various combinations with the social or A/U, these people are independent, self-sufficient. intellectually disciplined, emotionally controlled, and socially responsible. They tend to be conventional, conforming and conscientious, and committed to some consistent set of ethics, values, or moral code. They are serious minded, productive members of society. This is the group that produces most of the organizers, managers, leaders, and professionals in society, who are dedicated to its preservation. or its orderly evolution (as distinct from revolution). The remaining variable (I or E, R or F, and the social configuration) determine whether these responsible and conscientious people approach their tasks with imagination, creativity, flexibility, and tolerance (for example), or with suspicion, caution, dogmatism, and authoritarian rigidity. And some knowledge of the individual's biography -­especially the people or the circumstances that shaped his values in early years - is essential to know what values ethics, morals, and purposes provide the focus and the goals to which he is dedicated.

Especially in the cross-cultural environment, it does not follow that all the people in this "mature adjustment" category will be guided by Christian-Judaic principles, or be champions of the western democracy or capitalist economics. Most of the members ofthe German General Staffs in World Wars I and II probably came from this population. So did the Godfather.