Causality

Question 1

Predisposing Factors

Answer 1

1. Place one at increased risk, but not doomed
2. Family history - the role of genetics
3. Gender - the role of maleness
4. Neuroanatomy - less asymmetry
5. Motor speech coordination - rate, timing of articulators

Question 2

Precipitating Factors

Answer 2

1. Trigger emergence of stuttering
2. Adults who attuned to developmental level of child
3. Re: vocabulary, sentence complexity, rate (how fast adult speakers)
4. Increase communicative stress
5. No big deal unless child was predisposed to stutter