Maturity of Judgment: cognitive maturity is the tendency to see problems as complex, rather than black and white. It is the habit of making a judgment in a timely way, not prematurely, and not with undue delay. It is the tendency of standing firm in one's judgment when there is reason to do so, but changing one's mind when that is the appropriate thing to do. It is prudence in making, suspending, or revising judgment. It is being aware that multiple solutions may be acceptable while appreciating the need to reach closure in certain circumstances even in the absence of complete knowledge. The opposite, cognitive immaturity, is characterized by being imprudent, black-and-white thinking, failing to come to closure in a timely way, stubbornly refusing to change one's mind when reasons and evidence would indicate one is mistaken, or foolishly revising one's opinions willy-nilly without substantial reason for doing so.