Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 40 · 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 kind of fact (b) a puzzle game (c) a hard question (d) a mistake in reasoning
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
3. 3.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
5. 5.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) cats hate me (c) that cat was upset (d) never touch animals
6. 6.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) follow them (c) wait for green (d) close your eyes
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the numbers prove it (d) mocking who said it
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
15. 15.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
17. 17.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
19. 19.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
23. 23.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
24. 24.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
26. 26.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
29. 29.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) everyone is doing it
32. 32.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
35. 35.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
37. 37.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
39. 39.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person

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