Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 710 · 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 mistake in reasoning (b) a kind of fact (c) a puzzle game (d) a hard question
2. 2.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪤 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
4. 4.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, for sure (c) yes, red is fast (d) no, just a coincidence
5. 5.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it happened once
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the rule book says so (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
11. 11.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) it has lots of likes (d) tests show it works
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it happened once (c) checked facts support it (d) my lucky pen did it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
15. 15.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
16. 16.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
21. 21.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
23. 23.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
28. 28.🪤 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
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) mocking who said it
30. 30.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) laughs at them (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
32. 32.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
34. 34.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
36. 36.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) yes, if it is long (c) only on weekends (d) yes, always
37. 37.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
40. 40.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True

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