Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 324 · 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) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) the numbers prove it
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
6. 6.🪤 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) lucky charm (d) one means all
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
10. 10.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) the numbers prove it
11. 11.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
12. 12.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) the rule book says so
17. 17.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) everyone is doing it
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it was measured twice
22. 22.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) all cats are mean (c) cats hate me (d) never touch animals
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.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
28. 28.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) it happened once
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
32. 32.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) close your eyes (c) follow them (d) wait for green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) it was measured twice
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
40. 40.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False

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