Deviance

Deviance may refer to: Deviance (sociology), actions or behaviors that violate social norms Deviancy amplification spiral, a cognitive bias (error in judgement) and a deviancy amplification term used by interactionist sociologists Deviance (statistics), a quality of fit statistic for a model Positive deviance, an approach to behavioral and social change Sexual deviance (historical term) or paraphilia, recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical things Deviance or bid'ah, innovations and deviant acts or groups from orthodox Islamic law (Sharia)

== See also == Deviant (disambiguation) Deviation (disambiguation) Discrepancy (disambiguation) Divergence (disambiguation)