What Was the Purpose of the Manhattan Project

question 18

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

• A) To make America the financial capital of the postwar world
• B) To create a postwar alliance between Britain and the United States
• C) To break German wartime codes using advanced mathematics
• D) To develop the atomic bomb

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Definitions:

Motivation

The psychological process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors, involving the biological, emotional, social, and cognitive forces that act on or within an individual.

Nomothetic Approach

A research approach focusing on general laws that apply to large populations, emphasizing common characteristics among individuals rather than uniqueness.

Universal Laws

Fundamental principles or rules that are believed to pertain to everything and are used to explain or predict phenomena across various domains.

Individual Differences

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