Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 676 · 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.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a puzzle game
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) everyone is doing it (c) the numbers prove it (d) checked facts support it
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
11. 11.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) close your eyes (c) wait for green (d) follow them
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) checked facts support it
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) tests show it works
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) that cat was upset (c) cats hate me (d) never touch animals
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) the numbers prove it (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
23. 23.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, for sure (c) yes, red is fast (d) only on Sundays
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
26. 26.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) checks the idea itself (c) laughs at them (d) walks away
30. 30.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the numbers prove it (d) it happened once
33. 33.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
36. 36.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice

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