Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 308 · 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: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
4. 4.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
7. 7.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
9. 9.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it happened once
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) everyone is doing it
13. 13.🪤 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
14. 14.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) the numbers prove it
18. 18.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the rule book says so
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
28. 28.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) follow them (c) wait for green (d) close your eyes
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) the numbers prove it
30. 30.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
33. 33.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) the rule book says so (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
39. 39.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
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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