Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 514 · 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.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
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? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
5. 5.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
8. 8.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) mocking who said it
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) mocking who said it (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) checked facts support it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) mocking who said it
13. 13.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) many trials agree
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
16. 16.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
18. 18.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 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) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
23. 23.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) many trials agree (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
25. 25.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
29. 29.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) only on Sundays (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, red is fast
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
31. 31.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
39. 39.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all

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