Societies and groups attribute greater value to some behaviours and some judgments. These 'norms' are what is most important for understanding how behaviours and judgments are socially regulated. The approach presented examines in particular the social foundations of our judgments.Jerald JellisonForeword Nicole DuboisIntroduction: The Concept of Norm 1. Benoit TestéConformity and Deviance 2. Daniel Gilibertand Laurent CambonParadigms of the Sociocognitive Approach 3. Stéphane JouffreThe Procedures of Measure: Questionnaires and Scales 4. Nicole Dubois, Florence Loose, Maria-Cristina Matteuciand Patrizia SelleriSociocognitive Development: Acquisition of the Normativeness of Internality 5. Jean-Léon BeauvoisJudgment Norms, Social Utility and Individualism 6. Valérie Le Flochand Alain SomatNorm of Internality, Social Utility of Internal Explanations and Cognitive Functioning 7. Jacques Pyand Anne GinetKnowledge of General Social Norms: Normative Clearsightedness 8. Cyril Tarquinio, Tamara Léonova, Philippe Robertand Gérard GuingouainNormativity and Evaluative Knowledge 9. Pascal Pansu, Pascal Bressouxand Claude LoucheTheory of the Social Norm of Internality Applied to Education and Organizations Nicole Duboisand Jean-Léon BeauvoisConclusion: Some Bases for a Sociocognitive Approach to Judgment Norms Nicole Duboisis Professor of Psychology at the University of Nancy, France. She is the author of pivotal books and papers in the areas of social norms of judgment and of evaluative knowledge, including The Psychology olÔ