Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 686 · 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 thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
2. 2.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a puzzle game
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
4. 4.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
7. 7.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
9. 9.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) close your eyes (c) follow them (d) wait for green
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
13. 13.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪤 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) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
17. 17.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) calls them names (d) checks the idea itself
19. 19.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) never touch animals (c) all cats are mean (d) cats hate me
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
22. 22.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
23. 23.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
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) it was measured twice
25. 25.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
29. 29.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (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: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are

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