Instrumental action

Instrumental action is when you do something to get something else that you want.

Let's say you want to play with your favorite toy, but your toy is across the room. You can't reach it with your arms, so you start crawling to get closer to the toy.

Crawling is an instrumental action because you're doing something (crawling) to get something else that you want (playing with your toy).

People use instrumental actions all the time to get what they want, whether it's crawling to a toy, studying in school to get good grades, or even going to work to earn money.

Basically, instrumental action means doing one thing to get something else that you want.