Multiple Choice
The ritualistic type of __________can be readily identified. It involves the abandoning or scaling down of the lofty cultural goals of great pecuniary success and rapid social mobility to the point where one's aspirations can be satisfied.
A) conformity
B) socialization
C) retreatism
D) adaptation
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