Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 392 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) the rule book says so
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) mocking who said it
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it has lots of likes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) it has lots of likes (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
5. 5.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
12. 12.🪤 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
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
14. 14.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) it happened once
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
16. 16.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) yes, if it is long (c) only on weekends (d) no, likes aren’t proof
18. 18.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
20. 20.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) mocking who said it (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) it was measured twice
22. 22.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a puzzle game
24. 24.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🍀 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, red is fast (d) yes, for sure
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) it happened once
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) checked facts support it
30. 30.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) checked facts support it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
32. 32.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it was measured twice (c) it happened once (d) it has lots of likes
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) mocking who said it
34. 34.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the numbers prove it (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
40. 40.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself

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