AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Being able to discern similarities and differences within a pattern is a component of computational thinking that is called ____
A
Abstraction
B
Algorithmic thinking
C
Pattern recognition
D
Decomposition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pattern recognition as part of computational thinking is the process of identifying patterns in a data set to categorize, process and resolve the information more effectively. Patterns are pieces or sequences of data that have one or multiple similarities.

Detailed explanation-2: -The characteristics that define computational thinking are decomposition, pattern recognition / data representation, generalization/abstraction, and algorithms. By decomposing a problem, identifying the variables involved using data representation, and creating algorithms, a generic solution results.

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