Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 671 · 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: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
5. 5.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
7. 7.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
10. 10.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) the rule book says so (d) my lucky pen did it
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
18. 18.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
20. 20.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) yes, red is fast (c) only on Sundays (d) no, just a coincidence
21. 21.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
28. 28.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) many trials agree (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
34. 34.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
37. 37.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) run fast (d) wait for green
38. 38.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
39. 39.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) all cats are mean (c) that cat was upset (d) cats hate me
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person

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