Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 55 · 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? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
4. 4.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.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
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) one was bad, so all are
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) many trials agree (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) run fast (c) close your eyes (d) wait for green
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) one was bad, so all are (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
17. 17.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
19. 19.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
20. 20.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
30. 30.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
33. 33.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) only on Sundays (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, for sure
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) the rule book says so (d) my lucky pen did it
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False

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