Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 552 · 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) wait for green (c) follow them (d) run fast
2. 2.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
5. 5.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a mistake in reasoning
6. 6.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
13. 13.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it happened once (c) it has lots of likes (d) mocking who said it
15. 15.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) yes, for sure (c) no, just a coincidence (d) only on Sundays
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
18. 18.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) yes, if it is long (c) only on weekends (d) yes, always
19. 19.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
22. 22.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
23. 23.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
24. 24.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
27. 27.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the numbers prove it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) mocking who said it
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
33. 33.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
34. 34.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
35. 35.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) all cats are mean (c) that cat was upset (d) never touch animals
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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