Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 654 · 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 fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
2. 2.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
3. 3.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) all cats are mean (c) cats hate me (d) never touch animals
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
5. 5.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
8. 8.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) many trials agree (d) it happened once
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) the rule book says so (d) everyone is doing it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) it has lots of likes
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
19. 19.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
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
21. 21.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
23. 23.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) wait for green (c) close your eyes (d) run fast
24. 24.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) mocking who said it (d) it happened once
25. 25.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) walks away (c) calls them names (d) laughs at them
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
28. 28.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) yes, if it is long (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) only on weekends
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice
33. 33.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
37. 37.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, for sure (d) only on Sundays
40. 40.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False

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