Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 651 · 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: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
3. 3.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) one was bad, so all are
5. 5.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
8. 8.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
10. 10.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) many trials agree (d) it happened once
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) my lucky pen did it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it happened once
14. 14.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a hard question (d) a mistake in reasoning
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it happened once (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
18. 18.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) checked facts support it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) mocking who said it
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
24. 24.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
26. 26.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
30. 30.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
35. 35.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
37. 37.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, red is fast (d) only on Sundays
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
40. 40.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

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