ABSTRACT
Mannerisms are habitual and automatic actions which take place usually in addition to the main activity of a person and apart from his attentive consciousness. Another general situation in which mannerisms may occur is when a child is unoccupied. There are many other mannerisms which may be exhibited by children in the difficult task situation, such as heavy breathing, nodding, nail-biting, and so on. Some children exhibit mannerisms when they are spoken to by an adult or when they notice they are being observed. Children who are afraid of adults or annoyed at them may have slow and halting speech. Also children who whisper in their speech are usually those who are afraid of reproof or of making a poor show in public, or who are self-conscious and shy. Inarticulate speech may be chiefly the result of poor training. The child in his early speech practices may have pronounced little words incorrectly.
