Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 608 · 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.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
6. 6.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) only on weekends (c) yes, always (d) yes, if it is long
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, red is fast (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, for sure
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) it was measured twice
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) the rule book says so
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
12. 12.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a hard question (d) a mistake in reasoning
13. 13.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
16. 16.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) many trials agree (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once
19. 19.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
20. 20.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
22. 22.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) everyone is doing it (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) walks away
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
28. 28.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
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
31. 31.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
34. 34.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) run fast (c) wait for green (d) close your eyes
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True

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