Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 330 · 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.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) follow them (c) run fast (d) wait for green
2. 2.🪤 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
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact
5. 5.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
6. 6.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
9. 9.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the rule book says so (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) many trials agree
14. 14.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) yes, if it is long (c) yes, always (d) only on weekends
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) many trials agree
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
20. 20.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
22. 22.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) no, just a coincidence (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, red is fast
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice
24. 24.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🐈 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
27. 27.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
30. 30.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
33. 33.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
35. 35.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
37. 37.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) one was bad, so all are
40. 40.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True

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