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In societies that use a caste system for stratification, what is ablution?
 
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Why is conformity considered as being the only nondeviant mode of adaptation?
 
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Answer to Question 1

a washing ritual to restore purity after superior caste members have contact with a caste member below them

Answer to Question 2

Conformity is the only mode of adaptation that involves both an acceptance of cultural goals and an acceptance of institutionalized means to achieve them.



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