Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

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

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