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instrumental helping: a standalone construct

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Developmental psychology

toddlers' spontaneous help to an adult who cannot reach a goal, such as fetching an out-of-reach object, without reward or request.

In developmental psychology, instrumental helping refers to toddlers' spontaneous help to an adult who cannot reach a goal, such as fetching an out-of-reach object, without reward or request. This meaning comes from Warneken (2006) in Science.[1]

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References

Warneken, F., & Tomasello, M. (2006). Altruistic Helping in Human Infants and Young Chimpanzees. Science, 311(5765), 1301-1303. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1121448

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