Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 36 · 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) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
2. 2.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact
3. 3.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
5. 5.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) it was measured twice
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
10. 10.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
12. 12.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) my lucky pen did it
14. 14.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) my lucky pen did it
18. 18.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) one was bad, so all are
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) yes, always (c) yes, if it is long (d) only on weekends
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
25. 25.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
28. 28.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it happened once (c) the numbers prove it (d) mocking who said it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) many trials agree
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪤 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
36. 36.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) the numbers prove it (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
38. 38.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪤 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
40. 40.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True

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