Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 631 · 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.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) everyone is doing it
2. 2.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) walks away
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
6. 6.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
8. 8.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) yes, always (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) yes, if it is long
10. 10.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
13. 13.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) wait for green (c) run fast (d) close your eyes
14. 14.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
17. 17.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
24. 24.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) mocking who said it (b) checked facts support it (c) the numbers prove it (d) tests show it works
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) it was measured twice (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the rule book says so
29. 29.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
31. 31.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
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
36. 36.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True

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