Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 41 · 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.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) follow them (c) run fast (d) wait for green
3. 3.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, red is fast (d) no, just a coincidence
4. 4.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) that cat was upset (c) cats hate me (d) all cats are mean
5. 5.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
11. 11.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
13. 13.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) the rule book says so (d) everyone is doing it
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
16. 16.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the numbers prove it (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
19. 19.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the rule book says so
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
22. 22.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
30. 30.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
33. 33.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
37. 37.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False

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