Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 253 · 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.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
4. 4.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
5. 5.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
7. 7.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🚦 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
9. 9.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the rule book says so
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
16. 16.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) mocking who said it (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
19. 19.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
24. 24.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
27. 27.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) only on weekends (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) yes, if it is long
28. 28.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
29. 29.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
31. 31.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it has lots of likes (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
34. 34.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) my lucky pen did it (c) many trials agree (d) the rule book says so
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
37. 37.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
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
40. 40.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True

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