Stammering is a habit disorder linked with lack of self-confidence. Basically, for a child to understand a language, there are four stages. The first is learning to understand the spoken language and the second is speaking. Both of these usually develop around the age of two.
The third stage is speaking complex sentences, which develops at around three, and the fourth is when the child recognises the written alphabet. In 80% of children while the 3rd and 4th stage are at play, the first two get disturbed because something new is being incorporated in the mind.
This is absolutely normal. But what over cautious mothers do is fret a lot and the child develops a fear which later manifests itself as stammering. In fact, most text books on stammering state in bold that "Had there not been any over cautious mothers, hardly anyone would have suffered from stammering." Fluency can be incorporated in the speech of such patients through hypnosis.
Stammering is caused because of
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Lack of self confidence
The passage opens: "Stammering is a habit disorder linked with lack of self-confidence." The fear that over-cautious mothers create in the child is what takes away this confidence.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Physical disorder — Incorrect. Contradicted: the passage calls it a habit disorder; nothing is said about a fault in the body.
Option 2: Mental disorder — Incorrect. Contradicted: the passage does not call it a mental illness; it is a habit born of fear, and it calls the early disturbance absolutely normal.
Option 4: Lack of patience — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage never gives patience as a cause.