The ability to hold an image in the person's working memory means that they are able to correctly identify where the pitchfork, shovel, lettuce and tomatoes were located.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 4.6.

The person is unable to hold an image in their working memory. They are unable to accurately recall where the shovels, pitchforks, lettuces or tomatoes are located once the picture changes.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 4.4 or below.

Select the behavior that most closely matches your observations:

Now show the person the shovel picture C.

Ask:

Can the person recall where the lettuces and tomatoes are located?

Now show the person the shovel picture B.

Ask:

Can the person recall where the pitchforks and shovels are located?

Continue showing the person the shovel picture B for a further 5 seconds.

Introduce the activity by saying:

Show the person the shovel picture A

for 5 seconds.

Object Permanency is an awareness that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed.

The question is: Do people within ACL 4.6 remember where things are once they have been hidden?

Answers to all of the questions you ask the person must be 100% correct.

The following materials are required:

• A printout of the shovel PDF.
• OR
• View the shovel as a slideshow.

This activity is in pilot testing phase. It is subject to change. Please confirm score with another activity.

The shovel activity is used to confirm or rule out ACL 4.6.

The person is able to recognize a surface appearance such as the use of shading in a sketched picture.

The person is able to color the whole apple in.

Score

The tentative score is ACL 5.2.