Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 588 · 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: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) one was bad, so all are
4. 4.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, red is fast (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, for sure
6. 6.🪤 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
7. 7.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
12. 12.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) checked facts support it
15. 15.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
17. 17.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
19. 19.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it has lots of likes
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
23. 23.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
24. 24.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
26. 26.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) the numbers prove it (d) mocking who said it
30. 30.🪤 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) the rule book says so (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it was measured twice
32. 32.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
34. 34.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) it happened once
37. 37.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
40. 40.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) cats hate me (c) never touch animals (d) all cats are mean

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