Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 164 · 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) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
2. 2.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
9. 9.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) one was bad, so all are
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) one was bad, so all are (c) checked facts support it (d) the numbers prove it
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
17. 17.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
20. 20.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the rule book says so
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) many trials agree (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
22. 22.🪤 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
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
26. 26.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
28. 28.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) checked facts support it
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
34. 34.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
37. 37.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) never touch animals (c) that cat was upset (d) all cats are mean
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the rule book says so (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it

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