Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 551 · 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.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
3. 3.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
10. 10.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) the numbers prove it
11. 11.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) laughs at them
13. 13.🪤 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
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
16. 16.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) yes, red is fast (c) only on Sundays (d) no, just a coincidence
19. 19.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
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) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
24. 24.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a hard question (d) a mistake in reasoning
26. 26.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) it has lots of likes
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
29. 29.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
30. 30.🚦 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
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) checked facts support it
33. 33.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
34. 34.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) my lucky pen did it
35. 35.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
38. 38.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all

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