Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 372 · 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.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
4. 4.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
6. 6.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
7. 7.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) my lucky pen did it (d) many trials agree
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
10. 10.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) checked facts support it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
14. 14.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
20. 20.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
23. 23.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
28. 28.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
32. 32.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the rule book says so
33. 33.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) walks away
34. 34.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
36. 36.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False

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