Differences in Inhibitory Control Ability among Monolinguals and Bilinguals

Cognitive Psychology
(PSYC20007)
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ABSTRACT
The study is investigates about the test differences between thein inhibitory control ability and
among language groups such as monolinguals (single language context), bilinguals (dual
language context) users. The hypothesis of study is to test interactional exchange of both users
through Flanker effect. This The flanker iseffect is based on the trial procedure to
comparcomparison between Bilingualse with and monolinguals. Given prior studies that mainly
generated inconsistent result or outcome. Accordingly, in which intense use of different language
in similar situation without mixing other language.
The study is all about the single language speaker and dual language speaker, identifying
the significant impacts on the psychological behaviour. When conducting test trials for
calculating the Mean and Standard deviation in flanker effect and no-go accuracy task in three
language context group conditions.
While considering the research method and 594 undergraduate psychology students as
participants to perform flanker trials and also calculate the accurate result or outcome.
Afterwards, investigator will focus on the difference between monolingual and bilingual so that
they can identify the inhibitory control ability in context of numerical values.
The results suggested that inhibitory control hypothesis is likely to predict the result on
the basis of assumption. At similar time, the study is has been identifiedmeasuring the response
of inhibition control and comparison between single languages (monolinguals) as well as dual
language users (bilinguals). The flanker effectThe hypothesis test of inhibitory control
hypothesis that requires cognitive psychology, that assesses language control in wide range of
different tasks within similar individual.
Keywords: inhibitory control process, monolinguals, bilinguals.
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Table of Contents
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
AIMS AND HYOTHESIS..............................................................................................................6
METHOD........................................................................................................................................6
RESULTS........................................................................................................................................6
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Bilingual language refers to having two and Latin word lingua means tongue. So, it means
that speaking of two languages. There are many people who speaks 2 languages. However, it is
found that there is difference in inhibitory control within language. The inhibition means ability
to control impulsive response and create another one to gain attention. Basically, cognitive
ability is response obtained from environment. Monolingual is person who speak only one
language, another way, bilingual is person who speak one or more language. .
Main purpose of research is focused on single language speakers (Monolinguals) and dual
language speakers (Bilingual), comparison between them on the basis of inhibitory control
ability.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Single language speakers (Monolingual) has more inhibitory control ability then dual language
speakers (Bilingual) Theme: 1 the concept of Bilingual language
As per Bialystok, Craik & Gollan (2009) the majority of individuals in world speak at
least more than one language. Many cities have become highly multilingual that may encounter
several foreign language at workplace. In global world, the development of internet technology
as result of increasing the demand of more than language. The Single language speaker
(Monolingual) has become more inhibitory control ability than dual language speakers
(bilingual). Single language speakers have a proper coordination with particular language. In
order to understand that how the act of speaking is different for bilinguals. It is an essential for
acknowledge single language and already stored memories that constitute the vocabulary of
speaker. It is becoming less rich and has applicability that established interconnected in
monolinguals compared with bilinguals. A possible explanation is that when Bilinguals do not
use each of language as monolinguals manner.
The lexical processing of bilinguals users contain different or additional complexity but
associated with other performance on the inhibition tasks. In this way, it can be identified that
bilingual user’s mind to use inhibitory control to supress unnecessary memories but monolingual
mind has to better inhibitory control. They have focused on the single language to use correct
sentence at higher vocabulary. Monolinguals as compare with Bilinguals that has better
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