The answer is: b. The Soviet Union fell apart
Before Gorbachev's reforms exist, several territories in soviet union was united under one principle of communism.
When the Gorbachev's reforms were created, the soviet union started to adopt some of democratic and free market value that adopted by countries in western hemisphere.
When this happen, the bind that united territories in the soviet union no longer exist. This became one of the factors that caused the soviet union to fell apart.
The similarities between eastern and western philosophy are greater than any differences cited by modern-day writers and lecturers on the topic. The most often cited difference is that western philosophy is 'fragmentary' while eastern philosophy is 'holistic'.
The first step in a research model is finding the research question.
Fluid intelligence could be described as adaptive intelligence - it's the intelligence to solve unpredictable problems and find new solutions. It's contrasted with crystallized intelligence - the intelligence to use the knowledge already acquired. I think that this is a very important form of intelligence, and likely the kind of intelligence that emerged through the process of evolution.
Answer: Patrick is at the "PRECONTEMPLATION STAGE OF CHANGE".
Explanation: Precontemplation stage of change is the stage where a person have no intention of changing their behavior for the foreseeable future. They don't see the behavior to be wrong and does not border if it is problematic to others.
For Patrick to see the advice of his family and friends as overreaction towards his gambling life, that means he has no intention to stop gambling.
They are five stages of change, which are; Precontemplation, contemplation- when you start seeing reasons to change and you are thinking about changing the behavior, preparation- when you have decided to change and get your self prepared, action- when you have taken the bold step of change and you have started acting the new way you wanted, maintenance- to maintain the change that have taken place to become your culture.
Yellow Journalism: Adding fake information into a text to make a story more interesting.
Realist: Real information in the text.
Muckraker: Digs up the hidden bad stuff to make an interesting story.