They target their helping, which requires being able to see a situation from another's point of view.
But that seems extreme — your friend is cheap, but he's not breaking the law or hurting anyone (he's simply not helping, which isn't the same).
He watched her as she scooped up the little messes with her fingers in a trance of enjoyment; she soon sent him back for a second helping, which she finished just as quickly, and then — "I shouldn't!" — for a third.
"There is hope that the worst is over for the sector," he said Low interest rates and the weak pound are helping, which should allow the manufacturing sector to post positive annual growth rates by late next year, he added.
The effect of a "Good job!" is to devalue the activity itself — reading, drawing, helping — which comes to be seen as a mere means to an end, the end being to receive that expression of approval.
He watched her as she scooped up the little messes with her fingers in a trance of enjoyment; she soon sent him back for a second helping, which she finished just as quickly, and then—"I shouldn't!"—for a third.
