Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 548 · 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.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) run fast (c) follow them (d) wait for green
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
4. 4.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
5. 5.🪤 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) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.🪤 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
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
12. 12.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) cats hate me (c) that cat was upset (d) all cats are mean
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
19. 19.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
20. 20.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
24. 24.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) my lucky pen did it
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
26. 26.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
27. 27.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
28. 28.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
32. 32.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
34. 34.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
37. 37.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True

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