Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 262 · 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 has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
3. 3.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
7. 7.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
8. 8.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
11. 11.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
13. 13.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a hard question (d) a mistake in reasoning
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) my lucky pen did it (c) many trials agree (d) the rule book says so
15. 15.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
17. 17.🪤 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
18. 18.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
22. 22.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
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
24. 24.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
30. 30.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) tests show it works (d) my lucky pen did it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) it was measured twice
35. 35.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) yes, for sure (c) no, just a coincidence (d) only on Sundays
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
40. 40.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True

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