Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 178 · 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.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) run fast (c) wait for green (d) close your eyes
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) mocking who said it (d) one was bad, so all are
3. 3.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
6. 6.🪤 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
7. 7.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) only on Sundays (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, red is fast
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
9. 9.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) never touch animals (c) all cats are mean (d) that cat was upset
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
12. 12.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪤 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) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
16. 16.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.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
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
19. 19.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
22. 22.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) many trials agree (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
25. 25.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) mocking who said it (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
26. 26.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
30. 30.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a hard question
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
36. 36.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) the numbers prove it
37. 37.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason

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