Joey is three years old. He is at the park with his mother. When she is not looking, he pushes another child off the swing, so that he can have the swing to himself. This is an example of

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Instrumental aggression is goal-oriented aggression, where the primary objective is to obtain something, in this case, the swing. Joey's action of pushing another child off the swing to have it for himself is aimed at achieving a specific goal, not at harming the other child for the sake of causing harm.

Joey Is Three Years Old