Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 750 · 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.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
4. 4.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) mocking who said it
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the rule book says so
9. 9.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) many trials agree (d) it happened once
14. 14.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) my lucky pen did it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
16. 16.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
19. 19.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, if it is long (b) yes, always (c) only on weekends (d) no, likes aren’t proof
20. 20.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
22. 22.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
26. 26.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) that cat was upset (c) never touch animals (d) cats hate me
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
30. 30.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
36. 36.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
39. 39.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True

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