Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 194 · 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 thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
2. 2.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
10. 10.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
12. 12.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
14. 14.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
15. 15.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
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.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
19. 19.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) many trials agree (d) mocking who said it
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
22. 22.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) never touch animals (c) all cats are mean (d) cats hate me
29. 29.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
38. 38.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False

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