Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 716 · 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.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
4. 4.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
5. 5.🚦 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
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
9. 9.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
12. 12.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
17. 17.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) it was measured twice
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
21. 21.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) it happened once
25. 25.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
26. 26.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) it has lots of likes
29. 29.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
31. 31.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a kind of fact
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) the numbers prove it
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
35. 35.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.👍 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

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