Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 740 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.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
9. 9.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
11. 11.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) everyone is doing it
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
14. 14.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) one was bad, so all are (c) many trials agree (d) checked facts support it
16. 16.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
19. 19.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
23. 23.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) follow them (c) close your eyes (d) wait for green
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
26. 26.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
29. 29.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, for sure (d) only on Sundays
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
34. 34.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
37. 37.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) one was bad, so all are (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
39. 39.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the rule book says so

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