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.