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Instrumental helping and short‐term reciprocity in chimpanzees and human children [PDF]
Abstract Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) and humans cooperate in reciprocal patterns, but it is unclear whether these interactions are based on the same psychological foundations.
Hagen Knofe +3 more
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Toddlers’ Prosocial Behavior: From Instrumental to Empathic to Altruistic Helping [PDF]
The study explored how the meaning of prosocial behavior changes over toddlerhood. Sixty‐five 18‐ and 30‐month‐olds could help an adult in 3 contexts: instrumental (action based), empathic (emotion based), and altruistic (costly). Children at both ages helped readily in instrumental tasks.
Svetlova, Margarita +2 more
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Instrumental helping motivations of children and chimpanzees [PDF]
Abstract Chimpanzees and other great apes seem to be much less cooperative than humans overall, yet they nevertheless reliably help others in many instrumental circumstances. Although in many contexts the helping behavior of chimpanzees is quite similar to that of human children, recent studies using both behavioral and ...
Hepach, R, Tomasello, M
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Bottlenose dolphins do not behave prosocially in an instrumental helping task
Although bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are known for being a highly social species that live in complex societies that rely on coalition formation and cooperative behaviours, experimental studies on prosocial behaviour in this species are scarce. Helping others reach their goals (instrumental helping) is considered as an example of prosocial
Ana Pérez-Manrique, Antoni Gomila
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Theory instruments: Helping designers see the invisible
With increasingly complex technologies entering the daily lives of people, ‘user studies’ are becoming more difficult both to do and to make sense of. In this paper we discuss experiments with designing ‘Theory Instruments’ that allow designers to collaboratively try out multiple theoretical perspectives on field research material.
Buur, Jacob +4 more
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Helping others benefits both helper and helpee and is the basis for societal structures that promote collective well-being. Many parents Using a White, European-heritage “Constellation of practices” (UWEC), recognize the importance of raising a child who
Luc Fairchild
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Ship logbooks help analyze pre‐instrumental climate [PDF]
The Climatological Database for the World's Oceans: 1750–1854 (CLIWOC) project, which concluded in 2004, abstracted more than 280,000 daily weather observations from ships logbooks from British, Dutch, French, and Spanish naval vessels engaged in imperial business in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.These data, now compiled into a database ...
Garcia-Herrera, Ricardo +5 more
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To study the evolution of humans’ cooperative nature, researchers have recently sought comparisons with other species. Studies investigating corvids, for example, showed that carrion crows and azure-winged magpies delivered food to group members when ...
Lisa Horn +3 more
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Happy Little Benefactor: Prosocial Behaviors Promote Happiness in Young Children From Two Cultures
Evidence that young children display more happiness when sharing than receiving treats supports that humans, by nature, are prosocial. However, whether this “warm glow” is also found for other prosocial behaviors (instrumental helping and empathic ...
Yue Song +2 more
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The Effects of Theory of Mind and Self-Regulation Skills on Helping Behaviors in 3-4-Year-Old Children [PDF]
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of theory of mind and self-regulation skills on children’s helping behavior. Total of 104 children aging between 36-59 months, participated in the study. Helping behavior was measured with an instrumental
Muhammed Sukru Aydin, Sema Karakelle
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