Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 292 · 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: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) walks away
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
5. 5.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) many trials agree
8. 8.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.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
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
13. 13.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) checked facts support it (c) the rule book says so (d) it was measured twice
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
25. 25.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
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) follow them (c) run fast (d) wait for green
28. 28.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
29. 29.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
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 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
32. 32.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) many trials agree (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) the numbers prove it
39. 39.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) many trials agree

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