Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 619 · 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: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) one was bad, so all are (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) mocking who said it
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
7. 7.🔍 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 happened once
8. 8.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
14. 14.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) wait for green (c) run fast (d) follow them
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
20. 20.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, for sure (d) yes, red is fast
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
23. 23.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) the numbers prove it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
25. 25.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
31. 31.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
34. 34.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
38. 38.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) one was bad, so all are
40. 40.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

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