% pubman genre = article @article{item_2273230, title = {{Toddlers help a peer}}, author = {Hepach, Robert and Kante, Nadine and Tomasello, Michael}, language = {eng}, issn = {0009-3920}, doi = {10.1111/cdev.12686}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Limited}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-09}, abstract = {{Toddlers are remarkably prosocial toward adults, yet little is known about their helping behavior toward peers. In the present study with 18- and 30-month-old toddlers (n {\textequals} 192, 48 dyads per age group), one child needed help reaching an object to continue a task that was engaging for both children. The object was within reach of the second child who helped significantly more often compared to a no-need control condition. The helper also fulfilled the peer{\textquotesingle}s need when the task was engaging only for the child needing help. These findings suggest that toddlers{\textquoteright} skills and motivations of helping do not depend on having a competent and helpful recipient, such as an adult, but rather they are much more flexible and general.}}, journal = {{Child Development}}, volume = {88}, number = {5}, pages = {1642--1652}, }