Thinking Abstractly

Thinking Abstractly

1. Thinking abstractly is removing all the unnecessary information that the user doesn't need in order to make a more general idea of what the problem is. This may help when you come to solve other problems as the same solving procedure can be applied.

2. Abstraction allows us to create a general idea of what the problem is and how to solve it. The process instructs us to remove all specific detail, and any patterns that will not help us solve our problem. This helps us form our idea of the problem. This idea is known as a ‘model’.

3. Example

4. When baking a cake, there are some general characteristics between cakes. For example: A cake needs ingredients, Each ingredient has a specific amount, A cake needs timings. When abstracting, we remove specific details and keep the general relevant patterns. We don't need to know