Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 285 · 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: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
5. 5.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
6. 6.🪤 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) one means all (d) everyone does it
7. 7.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) the rule book says so
8. 8.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the numbers prove it (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
11. 11.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, for sure (d) yes, red is fast
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
16. 16.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) checks the idea itself (c) laughs at them (d) walks away
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
19. 19.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the numbers prove it
21. 21.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
22. 22.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) many trials agree
25. 25.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) it happened once
27. 27.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) wait for green (b) close your eyes (c) follow them (d) run fast
28. 28.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) mocking who said it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
35. 35.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) mocking who said it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
40. 40.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True

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