Relation Between Intelligence And Other Cognitive Abilities Of Monolinguals And Bilinguals

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the relation of cognitive abilities of monolinguals and bilinguals to intelligence. The sample of 200 monolinguals (100 and 100 girls) and 200 bilinguals (100 and 100 girls) was selected from different schools of Amritsar city. Different measures of intelligence, problem solving ability, concept formation and creativity were administered on the subjects. The data collected was further subjected to correlational analysis; the results indicated that both bilinguals and monolinguals showed high and positive correlation of intelligence with measure of creativity (i.e. Fluency, Flexibility, Originality and Elaboration) except verbal flexibility in case of bilinguals and figural originality in terms of monolinguals. Whereby bilinguals showed a positive relation between intelligence and problem solving abilities and monolinguals do not. Both the linguistic groups showed the similar relation between intelligence and conceptual development.