Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 374 · 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.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
3. 3.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🐈 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
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
7. 7.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
10. 10.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
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) checked facts support it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) checked facts support it (d) it has lots of likes
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
14. 14.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) many trials agree (d) my lucky pen did it
16. 16.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
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
18. 18.🪤 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) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
19. 19.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) the numbers prove it
24. 24.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
26. 26.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) yes, always (c) yes, if it is long (d) no, likes aren’t proof
27. 27.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
31. 31.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
33. 33.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
37. 37.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
39. 39.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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