PSY 355 Week 3 Individual Assignment Motivation and the Brain Paper

·  Select one of the following topics as the basis for this paper:

o  Eating healthy

o  Exercising

o  Quitting smoking

o  Quitting drinking

o  Refraining from using drugs

·  Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze the brain structures and functions associated with the motivation to engage in your selected behavior.

·  Evaluate the influence of extrinsic and intrinsic factors, including heredity and the environment, on the motivation to engage in your selected behavior.

·  Include at least three references from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources.