Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 599 · 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 thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) it was measured twice (d) my lucky pen did it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
5. 5.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) my lucky pen did it
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) checked facts support it
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
8. 8.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
9. 9.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
13. 13.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it has lots of likes (c) it was measured twice (d) it happened once
15. 15.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
16. 16.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
18. 18.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
23. 23.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
26. 26.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
29. 29.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
30. 30.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) run fast (d) wait for green
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) the numbers prove it
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) never touch animals (c) all cats are mean (d) cats hate me
38. 38.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it

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