PSYCH 112ABasic Processes of Motivated Behavior
Psychology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Lecture, 90 minutes; discussion, 90 minutes. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of some basic processes underlying motivated behavior, stressing environmental determinants of behaviors such as feeding, drinking, and reproduction-related behavior. Discussion of physiological mechanisms that contribute to such behaviors. Consideration of topics such as reinforcement, acquired motivation, and drug addiction. Evaluation of evidence obtained in laboratory studies conducted with animals.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 10, 100A, 110.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PSYCH 112A
- PSYCH 10Introductory Psychology
- PSYCH 100APsychological Statistics
- COMPTNG 10AIntroduction to Programming
- STATS 10Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
- PSYCH 110Fundamentals of Learning
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 8 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.