Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 496 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
2. 2.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it was measured twice (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) calls them names (d) checks the idea itself
18. 18.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) checked facts support it (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
24. 24.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
26. 26.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) mocking who said it (d) the numbers prove it
28. 28.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it happened once
31. 31.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
33. 33.🪤 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) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
35. 35.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) wait for green (c) run fast (d) close your eyes
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) mocking who said it (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
37. 37.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
39. 39.🍀 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
40. 40.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes

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