Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 413 · 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: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) it has lots of likes
9. 9.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) laughs at them (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
10. 10.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) run fast (d) wait for green
14. 14.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
16. 16.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪤 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) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) mocking who said it (c) checked facts support it (d) it has lots of likes
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
22. 22.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) it has lots of likes
26. 26.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
35. 35.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) everyone is doing it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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