The mode of adaptive behavior that accepts and pursues socially accepted goals but rejects culturally approved means to achieve them is ritualism.

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The mode of adaptive behavior described is innovation, not ritualism. Innovation involves accepting societal goals but using unapproved or unconventional means to achieve them. Ritualism, on the other hand, involves adherence to culturally approved means while losing sight of or rejecting the actual goals.

The Mode of Adaptive Behavior That Accepts and Pursues Socially