Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 489 · 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: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) it has lots of likes (d) mocking who said it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) my lucky pen did it
4. 4.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
9. 9.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
18. 18.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
19. 19.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
20. 20.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, red is fast (d) only on Sundays
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
23. 23.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.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
26. 26.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
27. 27.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
30. 30.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
32. 32.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
36. 36.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) everyone is doing it
38. 38.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) walks away
39. 39.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) checked facts support it (d) mocking who said it
40. 40.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice

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