Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 154 · 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) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
2. 2.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, for sure (c) yes, red is fast (d) only on Sundays
3. 3.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) mocking who said it (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) the numbers prove it
10. 10.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
13. 13.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) walks away
16. 16.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) run fast (c) wait for green (d) follow them
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
22. 22.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, always (d) yes, if it is long
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
28. 28.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
33. 33.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
36. 36.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
38. 38.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it

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