Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 216 · 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: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) the numbers prove it (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
5. 5.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, red is fast (d) no, just a coincidence
6. 6.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
8. 8.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
10. 10.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) laughs at them (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
12. 12.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it happened once (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
17. 17.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
20. 20.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
22. 22.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
30. 30.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
37. 37.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a hard question
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works

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