Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 278 · 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: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
5. 5.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
9. 9.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, for sure (d) yes, red is fast
10. 10.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) that cat was upset (c) never touch animals (d) all cats are mean
11. 11.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) it has lots of likes
16. 16.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a puzzle game
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
18. 18.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
22. 22.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) mocking who said it
25. 25.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
28. 28.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) wait for green (b) follow them (c) close your eyes (d) run fast
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) it happened once (c) it has lots of likes (d) one was bad, so all are
31. 31.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
36. 36.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) the numbers prove it
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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