CD 450 QUIZ #1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
What percentage of PWS have a family member who is a PWS? - Answers -50% of clients have a
family member who stutters
-50% of clients don't have anyone in their family that stutters
What are the five reasons Professor Lew believes she is a PWS? - Answers 1)Genetic-father and half-
sister
2)Articulation Delay-couldn't say spaghetti, cereal, icicle
3)Oral Motor Delay Issue
4)Word Finding Difficulties-Didn't have vocabulary to finish thought/topic/story/conversation
5)A Certain Type of Personality-Super sensitive
What is the "Left Right Dominance Theory"? - Answers -A theory that pertains to what happens
sometimes when a person who is left handed is forced to write with their right hand. Sometimes as a
result that person may start to stutter.
What is the ratio of PWS who are male? - Answers -Four out of five
What is a natural occurence that sometimes causes children to stutter? - Answers -Earthquakes
At what age does a person typically become a PWS? - Answers -Between the ages 2-5 years old
What are some reasons why a person becomes a PWS at a later age? - Answers
Who is Van Riper? - Answers -Someone who is very influential to our field, a severe stutterer, and
wrote over 55 books.
Stuttering . . . - Answers occurs when two or more words are acquired, never single words
What is the percentage of kids who stutter are perfectionists? - Answers -According to Riley study 40-
50%
What is the middle name for our clients? - Answers "Avoidance"-avoids: phone, restaurants, fast food
places, certain word
What is a red flag? - Answers -Articulation Delay-can make stutter stick longer in life
What percentage of kids out grow stuttering from the ages 2-5 years old? - Answers -75%
Who are Joseph and Viviene Shin? - Answers ...
What two words will 99% of PWS, stutter? - Answers -The word "stuttering" and their own name
Why do PWS use filler words? - Answers -PWS use filler words because they think one to two
sentences ahead
Why do people get afraid of stuttering? - Answers -Shame, embarrassment, anxious, feeling of not
knowing what to do, image of drowning in head, and year after year of it occurring resulting in
avoidance
What is a primary behavior of a PWS? - Answers -Repetitions, Blocks, and Prolongations
What is a secondary behavior/characteristic of a PWS? - Answers Examples:eye blinking, moving
shoulders up, raising eye brow, lip curling
How do secondary behaviors work? - Answers -PWS knows that a feared word is coming up, so they
react with a secondary behavior
What is an example of a secondary behavior trick? - Answers -Talking on residual air/exhaled air
damages VF
What should you do when talking to a PWS? - Answers -Act as if nothing is going on (nothing wrong)
-Look at them, but don't focus on mouth the whole time while talking to them
-Don't say words for them
-Use eye contact
Someone who stutters on the third syllable might have? - Answers -Aspergers
What are four types of stuttering? - Answers 1)Whole word repetition
2)Initial repetition
3)Syllable repetition
4)Phrase repetition
Why are adults who are mild stutterers hard to work with? - Answers -They will say 99 out of 100
words correctly
-They tend to be perfectionists
What should a PWS do? - Answers -Advertise-You need to do this if you stutter->Hippo in the room
disappears
What does PWS stand for? - Answers -Person who stutters
What does CWS stand for? - Answers -Child who stutters
What percentage of PWS have a family member who is a PWS? - Answers -50% of clients have a
family member who stutters
-50% of clients don't have anyone in their family that stutters
What are the five reasons Professor Lew believes she is a PWS? - Answers 1)Genetic-father and half-
sister
2)Articulation Delay-couldn't say spaghetti, cereal, icicle
3)Oral Motor Delay Issue
4)Word Finding Difficulties-Didn't have vocabulary to finish thought/topic/story/conversation
5)A Certain Type of Personality-Super sensitive
What is the "Left Right Dominance Theory"? - Answers -A theory that pertains to what happens
sometimes when a person who is left handed is forced to write with their right hand. Sometimes as a
result that person may start to stutter.
What is the ratio of PWS who are male? - Answers -Four out of five
What is a natural occurence that sometimes causes children to stutter? - Answers -Earthquakes
At what age does a person typically become a PWS? - Answers -Between the ages 2-5 years old
What are some reasons why a person becomes a PWS at a later age? - Answers
Who is Van Riper? - Answers -Someone who is very influential to our field, a severe stutterer, and
wrote over 55 books.
Stuttering . . . - Answers occurs when two or more words are acquired, never single words
What is the percentage of kids who stutter are perfectionists? - Answers -According to Riley study 40-
50%
What is the middle name for our clients? - Answers "Avoidance"-avoids: phone, restaurants, fast food
places, certain word
What is a red flag? - Answers -Articulation Delay-can make stutter stick longer in life
What percentage of kids out grow stuttering from the ages 2-5 years old? - Answers -75%
Who are Joseph and Viviene Shin? - Answers ...
What two words will 99% of PWS, stutter? - Answers -The word "stuttering" and their own name
Why do PWS use filler words? - Answers -PWS use filler words because they think one to two
sentences ahead
Why do people get afraid of stuttering? - Answers -Shame, embarrassment, anxious, feeling of not
knowing what to do, image of drowning in head, and year after year of it occurring resulting in
avoidance
What is a primary behavior of a PWS? - Answers -Repetitions, Blocks, and Prolongations
What is a secondary behavior/characteristic of a PWS? - Answers Examples:eye blinking, moving
shoulders up, raising eye brow, lip curling
How do secondary behaviors work? - Answers -PWS knows that a feared word is coming up, so they
react with a secondary behavior
What is an example of a secondary behavior trick? - Answers -Talking on residual air/exhaled air
damages VF
What should you do when talking to a PWS? - Answers -Act as if nothing is going on (nothing wrong)
-Look at them, but don't focus on mouth the whole time while talking to them
-Don't say words for them
-Use eye contact
Someone who stutters on the third syllable might have? - Answers -Aspergers
What are four types of stuttering? - Answers 1)Whole word repetition
2)Initial repetition
3)Syllable repetition
4)Phrase repetition
Why are adults who are mild stutterers hard to work with? - Answers -They will say 99 out of 100
words correctly
-They tend to be perfectionists
What should a PWS do? - Answers -Advertise-You need to do this if you stutter->Hippo in the room
disappears
What does PWS stand for? - Answers -Person who stutters
What does CWS stand for? - Answers -Child who stutters
