Count Dracula Is Interested in Raising Vampire Bats on His

question 71

Essay

Count Dracula is interested in raising vampire bats on his Transylvanian ranch. For obvious reasons, he would like his bats to be able to suck blood very quickly, and he needs to have this flock of vampire bats ready for next Halloween. As you might know, blood sucking is a quantitative genetic trait in bats. What information does Count Dracula need in order to know if he will be successful at breeding faster-sucking bats quickly, and how might he determine this information?

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Definitions:

Just-World Phenomenon

The cognitive bias to believe that the world is inherently fair and people get what they deserve.

Enslaved People

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Outgroup Homogeneity

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Other-Race Effect

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