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.
1. respect; reverence: to pay homage to one's forebears. 2. a. the formal acknowledgment by a feudal vassal of fealty to his lord. b. the relationship thus established between vassal and lord. c. something done or given in acknowledgment of vassalage. 3. something acknowledging the worth of another: a festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher.