Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 521 · 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: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
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) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the numbers prove it
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) mocking who said it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it was measured twice (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it happened once
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) mocking who said it (c) checked facts support it (d) many trials agree
10. 10.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the rule book says so (d) it has lots of likes
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) it was measured twice (d) everyone is doing it
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
16. 16.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
19. 19.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) that cat was upset (c) all cats are mean (d) cats hate me
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
24. 24.🚦 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
25. 25.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
28. 28.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
29. 29.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
32. 32.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
35. 35.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
38. 38.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
40. 40.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False

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