Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 549 · 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? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
2. 2.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
8. 8.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) the numbers prove it
10. 10.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) that cat was upset (c) all cats are mean (d) never touch animals
11. 11.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) my lucky pen did it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
16. 16.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the rule book says so
19. 19.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) one was bad, so all are (d) many trials agree
23. 23.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
26. 26.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it happened once (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
29. 29.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
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
31. 31.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
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? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
35. 35.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) checks the idea itself (c) laughs at them (d) walks away
36. 36.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) it has lots of likes
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it

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