Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 63 · 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: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
4. 4.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) cats hate me (c) that cat was upset (d) never touch animals
6. 6.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
9. 9.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
10. 10.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
11. 11.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) laughs at them (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
13. 13.🪤 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
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
15. 15.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) mocking who said it (c) tests show it works (d) checked facts support it
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
20. 20.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) mocking who said it
23. 23.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) many trials agree
25. 25.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.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) the numbers prove it
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) checked facts support it (c) the rule book says so (d) it was measured twice
33. 33.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) it was measured twice
35. 35.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
39. 39.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) follow them (c) close your eyes (d) wait for green

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