Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 696 · 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 thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) my lucky pen did it
4. 4.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
6. 6.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
8. 8.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) mocking who said it
13. 13.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
14. 14.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so
16. 16.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
20. 20.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
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
23. 23.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) tests show it works (d) my lucky pen did it
25. 25.🪤 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
26. 26.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
29. 29.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
34. 34.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) many trials agree
36. 36.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all

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