Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 458 · 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.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) wait for green (c) close your eyes (d) follow them
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) it was measured twice
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
9. 9.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) walks away (d) calls them names
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) it has lots of likes
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) mocking who said it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) the rule book says so
17. 17.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
19. 19.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
24. 24.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, if it is long (b) yes, always (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) only on weekends
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the rule book says so (d) everyone is doing it
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
31. 31.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪤 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
33. 33.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
36. 36.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the rule book says so
38. 38.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) my lucky pen did it

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