Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 325 · 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: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.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
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
5. 5.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
7. 7.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) only on weekends (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) yes, if it is long
10. 10.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
14. 14.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) it was measured twice (d) everyone is doing it
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
17. 17.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
18. 18.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice
20. 20.🪤 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
21. 21.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
24. 24.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) many trials agree (c) one was bad, so all are (d) mocking who said it
25. 25.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) tests show it works (d) my lucky pen did it
27. 27.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) never touch animals (c) all cats are mean (d) that cat was upset
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
29. 29.🪤 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
30. 30.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) checked facts support it
33. 33.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the rule book says so (c) it has lots of likes (d) many trials agree
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
38. 38.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True

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