CAS is based on the planning, attention-arousal, simultaneous and successive (PASS) cognitive processing theory (or the PASS Theory of Intelligence), a modern theory within the information-processing framework (Das, Naglieri & Kirby, 1994).
Tribute definition, a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem. See more.
The tribute system (chaogong tizhi æè´¡ä½å¶) is a widely used term in the studies of traditional Chinese foreign relations. It is generally accepted that the tribute system embodied a set of institutions and social and diplomatic norms that dominated Chinaâs relations with the non-Chinese world for two millennia, until the systemâs collapse toward the end of the 19th century.