Committee voting has mostly been investigated from the perspective of the standard Baron-Ferejohn model of bargaining over the division of a pie, in which bargaining ends as soon as the committee reaches an agreement. In standing committees, however, existing agreements can be amended. This paper studies an extension of the Baron-Ferejohn framework to a model with an evolving default that refle...

The mediating role of the critical psychological states (CPS) in the job characteristics model was examined in two studies. Using Baron and Kenny’s (1986) approach for examining mediation hypotheses, results from Study 1: (1) supported the hypothesized linkages between the core job dimensions and the CPS, and between the CPS and attitudinal outcomes; (2) provided no support for the hypothesis t...

Just over ten years ago my colleagues and I asked the question "Do children with autism have a 'theory of mind'?" (Baron-Cohen, Leslie, and Frith, 1985). Using a false-belief test (Wimmer and Perner, 1983) we arrived at a prelimi­ nary answer. The majority of children with autism failed the test, which sug­ gested that they were indeed impaired in the development of a theory of mind. A theory o...