Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 39 · 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? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
2. 2.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it happened once
5. 5.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
7. 7.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a mistake in reasoning
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
14. 14.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
16. 16.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
19. 19.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it was measured twice (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it happened once
21. 21.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
23. 23.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) yes, if it is long (c) yes, always (d) no, likes aren’t proof
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it was measured twice (d) checked facts support it
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) the numbers prove it
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) many trials agree
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
32. 32.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) my lucky pen did it
33. 33.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
36. 36.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
38. 38.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) cats hate me (c) that cat was upset (d) all cats are mean

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