_Psychopathology as Social Deviance_ **Defining psychopathology as a deviation from social norm is a variation of the conception of psychopathology from statistical deviation, only this time, it is based on what people informally defined, rather then formal psychological tests or measures.** - Psychopathology has also been conceived as behavior that deviates from social or cultural norms. This conception is simply a variation of the conception of psychopathology as statistical abnormality, only in this case judgments about deviations from normality are made informally by people rather than formally by psychological tests or measures.