Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 107 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Spot the trap): Everyone does it: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” One means all: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” Lucky charm: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” Attacking the person: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” Fair reasons come from tests, measurements and checked facts.

1. 1.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
3. 3.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) wait for green (d) run fast
4. 4.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) my lucky pen did it
5. 5.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) one was bad, so all are
6. 6.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
11. 11.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) walks away
12. 12.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) many trials agree
18. 18.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a kind of fact (c) a hard question (d) a puzzle game
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) everyone is doing it
21. 21.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
23. 23.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) the rule book says so (d) it has lots of likes
28. 28.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) cats hate me (c) that cat was upset (d) never touch animals
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
30. 30.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, red is fast (c) yes, for sure (d) only on Sundays
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
33. 33.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) many trials agree (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it was measured twice (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) it was measured twice (c) it has lots of likes (d) many trials agree

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