Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 32 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
2. 2.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
11. 11.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) run fast (c) follow them (d) wait for green
13. 13.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a hard question (d) a mistake in reasoning
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
18. 18.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) all cats are mean (c) cats hate me (d) that cat was upset
20. 20.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
26. 26.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) checked facts support it
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
29. 29.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
32. 32.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it has lots of likes (c) it was measured twice (d) it happened once
33. 33.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
36. 36.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are

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