Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 531 · 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 thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) run fast (c) wait for green (d) close your eyes
5. 5.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, red is fast (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, for sure
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) many trials agree
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
9. 9.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
16. 16.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) yes, always (c) only on weekends (d) yes, if it is long
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
20. 20.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
21. 21.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
24. 24.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a puzzle game (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) it has lots of likes (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
26. 26.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
29. 29.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) laughs at them (c) calls them names (d) walks away
30. 30.🪤 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) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) it was measured twice
32. 32.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) it was measured twice
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
36. 36.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True

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