Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 457 · 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 thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) the numbers prove it
5. 5.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
7. 7.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) the numbers prove it
11. 11.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) calls them names (d) checks the idea itself
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
14. 14.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
15. 15.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
18. 18.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) it was measured twice (d) my lucky pen did it
23. 23.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) run fast (c) wait for green (d) follow them
24. 24.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
25. 25.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) cats hate me (c) never touch animals (d) that cat was upset
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
31. 31.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
33. 33.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
38. 38.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, for sure (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, red is fast
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all

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