Developmental Normsfor the PASS (Planning-Attention- Simultaneous-Successive) Processes: Oriya Adaptation

Abstract

A new way of thinking about intelligence has emerged. It conceptualises intelligence as a composite of four cognitive processes: Planning, Arousal Attention, Simultaneous and Successive Processes (PASS). This study reports an Oriya adaptation of the meas ures that assess the 4 cognitive processes. Three hundred and fifty children in Grades 1 to 11 were administered the Oriya adaptation. Means, standard deviation and devel opmental growth curves for the 8 tests ofPASSprocesses were obtained. Factor analyses were also obtained in order to determine if the 4 PASS factors can be replicated. Atten tion, Simultaneous and Successive factors emerged clearly whereas the status of Planning as an independent factor was unclear. In conclusion, the PASS processes were suggested to be universal across cultures. The Oriya adaptation can be used for cognitive assess ment of not only children but also perhaps of adults by using norms for Grade 11.

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