American philosopher and developmental psychologist who proposed the Baldwin effect — learned behaviors can guide evolution — and contributed to genetic epistemology and developmental psychology.
The Baldwin effect (1896): organisms that can learn new behaviors in response to environmental challenges will be more likely to survive; over generations, genetic assimilation can incorporate these learned behaviors. Influenced Piaget's genetic epistemology. Founded the Psychological Review.
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