Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 116 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) everyone is doing it (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
2. 2.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
7. 7.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
9. 9.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) only on Sundays (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, for sure
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
14. 14.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
17. 17.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
22. 22.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) checks the idea itself (c) laughs at them (d) calls them names
23. 23.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
27. 27.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
34. 34.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason

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