Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive (PASS) Cognitive Processes as a Model for Intelligence

Abstract

This paper proposes an alternative theory of cognitive processing to serve as a model for reconceptualizing intelligence and facilitate evolution in this important area. The Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive (PASS) model, based on the work of A. R. Luria, is suggested as a broad conceptualization and framework for cognitive processing. Luria's view of these processes is presented in detail, as are experimental tasks developed by Das and Naglieri to measure these processes. An analysis of the WISC-R and K-ABC from the PASS model is provided to gain some understanding of what current tests measure. Factor analytic, criterion related and discriminant validation of the PASS model is presented, as are the current experimental tasks used in the Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System. Finally, responses to some of the conference reviewers' comments are provided.