Societies and groups attribute greater value to some behaviours and some judgments. The approach presented here examines in particular the social foundations of our judgments.

Jerald Jellison ForewordNicole Dubois Introduction: The Concept of Norm1. Benoit Testé Conformity and Deviance2. Daniel Gilibert and Laurent Cambon Paradigms of the Sociocognitive Approach3. Stéphane Jouffre The Procedures of Measure: Questionnaires and Scales4. Nicole Dubois, Florence Loose, Maria-Cristina Matteuci and Patrizia Selleri Sociocognitive Development: Acquisition of the Normativeness of Internality5. Jean-Léon Beauvois Judgment Norms, Social Utility and Individualism6. Valérie Le Floch and Alain Somat Norm of Internality, Social Utility of Internal Explanations and Cognitive Functioning7. Jacques Py and Anne Ginet Knowledge of General Social Norms: Normative Clearsightedness8. Cyril Tarquinio, Tamara Léonova, Philippe Robert and Gérard Guingouain Normativity and Evaluative Knowledge9. Pascal Pansu, Pascal Bressoux and Claude Louche Theory of the Social Norm of Internality Applied to Education and OrganizationsNicole Dubois and Jean-Léon Beauvois Conclusion: Some Bases for a Sociocognitive Approach to Judgment Norms