Simultaneous and Successive Processes and K-ABC

Abstract

The K-ABC has initiated but not completed the job of constructing a process-based test of cognitive competence. It does not measure sequential processes adequately, and its test items for simultaneous and sequential processes can be also characterized respectively as nonverbal and verbal. This article mentions six basic statements about sequential and simultaneous processes which are derived from Luria's clinical research; the K-ABC is then judged in terms of these statements. Finally, suggestions for constructing better tests which will entail planning as well as simultaneous and successive measures are discussed.