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The evolutionary roots of prosociality : the case of instrumental helping
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Melis, Alicia P. (2018) The evolutionary roots of prosociality : the case of instrumental helping. Current Opinion in Psychology, 20 . pp. 82-86. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.019 ISSN 2352-250X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.019
Abstract
Comparative studies with closely related primate species are crucial to understand the origins of human prosociality. One type of prosocial behaviour that probably relies on evolutionary ancient skills and motivations is instrumental helping. Recent experimental studies have shown that bonobos and chimpanzees will help others achieve their action goals. Chimpanzees have shown to help others picking up and giving objects to a recipient, opening locked doors for conspecifics struggling to open them, and releasing stuck rewards that recipients were trying to reach. Recent studies have now replicated some of these results with bonobos. However, whereas chimpanzee's helping emerges mainly in response to recipients’ signals of need, bonobos also help proactively. This difference could rely on bonobos’ enhanced socio-cognitive skills.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Helping behavior, Altruism, Social psychology, Primates -- Behavior, Evolutionary psychology | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Current Opinion in Psychology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2352-250X | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 82-86 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.019 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 August 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 August 2018 |
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