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Psyc 465 Make-Up assignment : Spring 2014

Important: Not everyone can or should do this assignment.
Before you start the assignment, please read the rules below. Also, you may want to wait for your final grade / points email (which I will have for you by May 14th) to decide if it's worth doing.

Who MAY do this assignment?

• If you did not attend the prior extra credit lab experiments, you can do this assignment and get up to 10 points.

Who SHOULD do this assignment?

This assignment is worth at most 10 points. The Final Exam is worth 100 points. Please carefully consider how to spend your time -- the several hours you would spend on this assignment might be time better spent studying for the final. To get 10 points more on the final you only have to answer 5 additional questions correctly.

The Assignment

Huntington's Disease (HD) leads to neurological, neuropsychiatric, and neuropsychological symptoms, eventually progressing into dementia, generally characterized as a "subcortical" dementia.

Write a 500 word (about 2 pages, double-spaced) paper in which you address these two questions:

• (about 1 page) : Huntington's dementia: describe the disease and the pattern of symptoms, focusing primarily on neuropsychological symptoms. Describe the pattern of test results you would expect to see on these 4 tests.
  1. Trails-A
  2. Trails-B
  3. COWAT (letter)
  4. COWAT (category)
• (about 1 page) : Dr. Janet Mitchell : compare Dr. Mitchell's test scores to this pattern. Decide if her pattern of symptoms does or does not fit the pattern seen in HD.

Turning it in:

All students must submit the assignment via the course website. Please follow these instructions carefully.

1. You will need your CSUSM login name (e.g. "jsmith001" if your name is John Smith) and your Student ID number (a 6 or 9-digit number)
2. Proofread your paper, and when you are satisfied, make sure you save it and then Quit the word processing program (If you don't save it and then quit the App, the last changes you made may not be uploaded).
3. Make sure the entire assignment is in a single file, and that you know which file is your final draft (check the time and date of the file so that you are uploading the right one).
4. Upload the file using this website: Submit Psyc 465 Make-Up Assignment
5. When you have completed the upload, you will get a confirmation screen and a Print button. I suggest you print a copy for your records.
6. Note: if you make a mistake, don't worry. You can upload a newer version of your paper. I will only grade the latest one that you submitted before the deadline.

Due Date:

• No later than Saturday May 17th at 11:59 pm (one minute before midnight).