Write a 4 page essay on Psychology Midterm.Download file to see previous pages... 32). Another trait that seems to be much less of a heritable trait is a subject’s weight—which I believe is mainly

Write a 4 page essay on Psychology Midterm.

32). Another trait that seems to be much less of a heritable trait is a subject’s weight—which I believe is mainly due to a complex combination of environmental, genetic, social, and cultural factors. For example, a girl might be raised to think that skinny women are not considered healthy, and therefore she strives at all costs to avoid becoming a thinner person because she doesn’t believe it suits her value system. Genetics probably plays a large role within some personality traits more than others due to the fact that some personalities are simply stronger than the others—and I believe this plays out in the real world when children exercise the true power of their personalities. Personalities have such strong connotations that, basically, young people adapt genetically and biologically to the personalities of one or both parents. For example, if one parent has many cultural mannerisms that are evident in that parent’s personality, it only makes sense that these elements of the child’s personality will naturally be brought about given the right amount of time. There are also triggers which can be activated within a young person which might bring certain personality characteristics to the forefront. 3. You have been hired by a large public school system to construct a musical aptitude test. Describe how you would standardize your test and assess its reliability and validity. Explain why it might be more difficult to develop a valid musical aptitude test than a reliable one. I would construct a musical aptitude test that would demonstrate not only reliability but validity. Reliability ensures that testing yields exactly the same (or similar) results. Validity ensures that the test measures what it is supposed to measure. According to Koch (2008), “A test may be reliable but not valid. If a vision test does not measure visual acuity, then it is not a valid test for determining the ability to see” (pp. 249). It’s very important that the musical aptitude test not only have simple multiple-choice questions, but also some questions or multiple choice questions that require the test-taker to provide evidence of deeper understanding. Also, some essay questions might also be included in order to ensure that there were other levels of understanding that would be accounted for, in turn. It might be more difficult to construct a valid test than a reliable one. Anyone can come up with a test that is reliable… number one matches with letter A, number two matches with letter C. Testing elements like deeper understanding are much more difficult than necessarily just randomly assigning a bunch of multiple-choice or true-false questions. A good musical aptitude test would not only challenge the test-taker on paper, but would also take into account a student’s aptitude for actually listening to and responding to a musical piece or pieces—or some other activity that would demonstrate thoughtful participation on the part of the student. As mentioned before, anyone can write tests, but not necessarily valid ones. 5. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald believe in the importance of stern discipline. they impose strict rules which they expect their children to obey without question. They penalize misbehavior harshly, frequently with a spanking. Mr. and Mrs.