Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 617 · 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: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
5. 5.🪤 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) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
6. 6.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
10. 10.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) wait for green (c) follow them (d) run fast
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
18. 18.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) it was measured twice
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
20. 20.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
24. 24.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
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? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
28. 28.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) cats hate me (c) all cats are mean (d) never touch animals
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
31. 31.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, if it is long (b) yes, always (c) only on weekends (d) no, likes aren’t proof
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
34. 34.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
37. 37.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a hard question
39. 39.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the rule book says so
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person

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