AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is abstraction? A logical way of getting from the problem to the solution. If the steps you take to solve a problem follow an algorithm then they can be reused and adapted to solve similar problems in the future.

Detailed explanation-2: -An algorithm is a procedure used for solving a problem or performing a computation. Algorithms act as an exact list of instructions that conduct specified actions step by step in either hardware-or software-based routines. Algorithms are widely used throughout all areas of IT.

Detailed explanation-3: -This broad problem-solving technique includes four elements: decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction and algorithms. There are a variety of ways that students can practice and hone their computational thinking, well before they try computer programming.

Detailed explanation-4: -Computational thinking in practice Each of these smaller problems can then be looked at individually, considering how similar problems have been solved previously (pattern recognition) and focusing only on the important details, while ignoring irrelevant information (abstraction).