Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 341 · 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: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
5. 5.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
6. 6.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) wait for green (c) follow them (d) close your eyes
7. 7.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
9. 9.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
13. 13.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.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
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
16. 16.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) my lucky pen did it
22. 22.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
24. 24.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
25. 25.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
26. 26.🪤 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
27. 27.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
29. 29.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) many trials agree
32. 32.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) all cats are mean (c) never touch animals (d) that cat was upset
33. 33.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the numbers prove it (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
36. 36.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) walks away
38. 38.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes

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