Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 387 · 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: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
4. 4.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) checked facts support it (d) the numbers prove it
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
6. 6.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
9. 9.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
12. 12.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
15. 15.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it happened once
17. 17.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
18. 18.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
21. 21.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, for sure (d) no, just a coincidence
27. 27.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
30. 30.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
36. 36.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
37. 37.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works

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