Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 304 · 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.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) mocking who said it
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) mocking who said it (d) the rule book says so
5. 5.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) walks away
11. 11.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) that cat was upset (c) all cats are mean (d) never touch animals
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
13. 13.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
18. 18.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
20. 20.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
23. 23.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
25. 25.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
29. 29.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) yes, always (c) yes, if it is long (d) only on weekends
30. 30.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) my lucky pen did it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
35. 35.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
40. 40.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False

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