❓ Question According to the passage, what is the 'Baldwin effect'?
- A. A) The idea that plasticity is always beneficial and leads to immediate adaptation.
- B. B) The process by which pre-existing plasticity allows a population to survive while genetic changes accumulate.
- C. C) The phenomenon where plasticity is reduced in novel environments.
- D. D) The concept that environmental changes directly alter an organism's genotype.