Search Results for “deviance”

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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)