Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 461 · 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: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
4. 4.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) only on weekends (c) yes, always (d) yes, if it is long
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) the rule book says so (c) the numbers prove it (d) checked facts support it
9. 9.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the numbers prove it
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) the rule book says so
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
20. 20.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
23. 23.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the rule book says so (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it was measured twice
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
26. 26.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🚦 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
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) tests show it works (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
32. 32.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
37. 37.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it

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