ABSTRACT
Children differ in their emotional behaviour because of slight physical or hereditary differences, but mainly because of variations in emotional experiences prior to entering school and during the school period. Crying accompanied by tears is a characteristic reaction of children, especially those under three years of age, to a distressing situation. Fear is induced by shock, sudden or intense stimulation of any of the sense organs, demanding adjustment which the child is unprepared or feels unable to make. Anger in children is aroused by interference with activity and especially by interference with the satisfaction of instinctive drives or strong desires. Delight is shown by children in response to sensory stimulation of a pleasing kind and sudden realization of unsatisfied desires. Mannerisms are relatively simple and automatic motor habits which take place usually in addition to the main activity of a person and apart from his attentive consciousness.
