Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 76 · 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 thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
3. 3.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) many trials agree (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) my lucky pen did it
13. 13.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
15. 15.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) mocking who said it (c) it was measured twice (d) checked facts support it
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
20. 20.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) that cat was upset (c) cats hate me (d) all cats are mean
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) only on weekends (d) yes, if it is long
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) many trials agree (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
28. 28.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) the rule book says so (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
33. 33.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) calls them names (d) checks the idea itself
35. 35.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
37. 37.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) one was bad, so all are
40. 40.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True

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