Does Intelligence Influence Social Maturity in Academic Life?

This research was made to study the difference in social maturity between high and low intelligence among science and arts students. The sample of present study consisted of 100 cases. Both Arts (25 Boys and 25 Girls) and Science students (25 boys and 25 girls), were randomly selected. Their age range was between 18-25 years. Social Maturity Scale constructed by Srivastava (1983) and Standard Progressive Matrices for measuring intelligence by Raven (1988) were used. 't-test' was employed to see the difference in social maturity between high and low intelligence and academic stream (science and arts). The finding of the present study suggested that there is a significant difference in social maturity between high and low intelligence (t = 3.14, p < .01). Therefore it can be concluded that the students who are high in intelligence are socially matured. It was also found that there was no significant difference between science and arts students related to social maturity.