Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 559 · 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: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
4. 4.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
5. 5.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) one was bad, so all are
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.🪤 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
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
14. 14.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) one was bad, so all are
17. 17.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
23. 23.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) wait for green (d) run fast
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) everyone is doing it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
27. 27.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
28. 28.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, for sure (c) yes, red is fast (d) only on Sundays
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) mocking who said it
31. 31.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
35. 35.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪤 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
38. 38.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True

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