Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 153 · 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 of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
2. 2.🍀 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) only on Sundays (d) yes, for sure
3. 3.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) wait for green (b) run fast (c) close your eyes (d) follow them
8. 8.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
13. 13.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
18. 18.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
21. 21.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
23. 23.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the rule book says so (d) everyone is doing it
26. 26.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) the rule book says so
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
31. 31.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
33. 33.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it happened once (c) the numbers prove it (d) checked facts support it
39. 39.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) laughs at them (c) walks away (d) calls them names
40. 40.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True

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