Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 175 · 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: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) laughs at them (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
4. 4.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.🚦 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
10. 10.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
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: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
20. 20.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, red is fast (c) yes, for sure (d) no, just a coincidence
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) my lucky pen did it
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
31. 31.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.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
33. 33.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
37. 37.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all

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