Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 463 · 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.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a puzzle game
2. 2.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
8. 8.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
10. 10.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
11. 11.🚦 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
12. 12.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) checked facts support it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
18. 18.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) many trials agree (d) it was measured twice
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
22. 22.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” 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) that cat was upset (d) never touch animals
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) many trials agree (d) mocking who said it
29. 29.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) one was bad, so all are
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the numbers prove it (d) checked facts support it
32. 32.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🪤 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
34. 34.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, red is fast (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, for sure
35. 35.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, always (d) yes, if it is long
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False

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