Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 193 · 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.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, for sure (d) yes, red is fast
2. 2.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
4. 4.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it has lots of likes (c) everyone is doing it (d) many trials agree
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
8. 8.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) mocking who said it (d) checked facts support it
10. 10.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
13. 13.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
15. 15.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
19. 19.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
24. 24.🪤 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
25. 25.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
27. 27.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
29. 29.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) it has lots of likes (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
31. 31.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) mocking who said it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
36. 36.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) wait for green (c) run fast (d) follow them
37. 37.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the numbers prove it (c) it was measured twice (d) it happened once
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) it has lots of likes (d) tests show it works
39. 39.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason

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