Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 560 · 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? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
2. 2.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🪤 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
4. 4.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it was measured twice
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) it was measured twice
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, red is fast (d) only on Sundays
10. 10.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
16. 16.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) cats hate me (c) all cats are mean (d) that cat was upset
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice
18. 18.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) the numbers prove it
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
23. 23.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
24. 24.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) walks away (c) laughs at them (d) calls them names
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) my lucky pen did it (c) checked facts support it (d) many trials agree
28. 28.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
32. 32.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
36. 36.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) checked facts support it
37. 37.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) follow them (c) close your eyes (d) wait for green
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
39. 39.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True

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