Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 373 · 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 thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
2. 2.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
4. 4.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.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
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) it happened once
10. 10.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
14. 14.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, for sure (d) yes, red is fast
20. 20.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) walks away
21. 21.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
23. 23.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
26. 26.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) everyone is doing it
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
28. 28.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
31. 31.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
34. 34.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) wait for green (d) run fast
35. 35.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) the numbers prove it
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
38. 38.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the rule book says so (c) it has lots of likes (d) mocking who said it
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it

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