Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 23 · 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: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) close your eyes (c) wait for green (d) follow them
4. 4.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.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
6. 6.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
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
8. 8.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) checked facts support it
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) it happened once
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
16. 16.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) cats hate me (c) all cats are mean (d) never touch animals
17. 17.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a mistake in reasoning
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
21. 21.🪤 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
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
23. 23.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
25. 25.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
29. 29.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
36. 36.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) my lucky pen did it (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
40. 40.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, red is fast (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, for sure

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