o Explain the biological foundations of your selected behavior (Stay factual, look at the
evidence, include some information on the role of brain structures, hormones, evolutionary perspective, etc.). This part should make up approximately 40% of your essay.
o Include a discussion of the behavior in the social context (Here, you can include your own opinion. You could contemplate the following: How does this behavior benefit humans or animals today? What about a few hundred years ago? How about hundred years from now? Are there/were there/will there be any risks associated with this behavior? What social and/or environmental factors may play a role?). This part should make up approximately 60% of your essay.
o Contain approximately 1,000 to 1,500 words without title page and references
o Be in 12pt font, double spaced, before and after paragraph spacing is set to 0
o Be formatted according to current APA style (7th edition). Please see Course-specific APA requirements in Canvas!
o Include a title page and a reference page (please do not include an abstract) o Be structured and cohesive
o Be free of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes
o Summarize the findings of at least 3 scholarly, empirical sources
