Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 729 · 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: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) never touch animals (c) that cat was upset (d) cats hate me
5. 5.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
9. 9.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
12. 12.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) walks away
14. 14.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) wait for green (c) close your eyes (d) follow them
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the numbers prove it (d) it happened once
20. 20.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) only on weekends (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
21. 21.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, for sure (d) yes, red is fast
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
24. 24.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.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
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
28. 28.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
31. 31.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
35. 35.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) the numbers prove it
36. 36.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
37. 37.🪤 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
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
40. 40.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) the rule book says so

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