Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 117 · 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.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) cats hate me (c) all cats are mean (d) that cat was upset
3. 3.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) checks the idea itself (c) laughs at them (d) calls them names
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the rule book says so
9. 9.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
10. 10.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) my lucky pen did it
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
15. 15.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the numbers prove it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
17. 17.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
20. 20.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
24. 24.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) one was bad, so all are
25. 25.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
29. 29.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
32. 32.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) the rule book says so (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
34. 34.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
38. 38.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice

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