Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 512 · 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 puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
4. 4.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
6. 6.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
7. 7.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
10. 10.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) yes, if it is long (c) yes, always (d) only on weekends
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
18. 18.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
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
20. 20.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) checked facts support it
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
22. 22.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
23. 23.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
26. 26.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
33. 33.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) never touch animals (c) that cat was upset (d) all cats are mean
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) mocking who said it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
37. 37.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it

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