Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 545 · 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? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
4. 4.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
5. 5.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, for sure (d) yes, red is fast
8. 8.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
10. 10.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
12. 12.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) tests show it works (d) checked facts support it
20. 20.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
22. 22.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) close your eyes (c) follow them (d) wait for green
23. 23.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) calls them names (c) walks away (d) laughs at them
25. 25.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
29. 29.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) one was bad, so all are (c) mocking who said it (d) the rule book says so
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) everyone is doing it
38. 38.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) the rule book says so (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
40. 40.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False

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