Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 767 · 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: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
2. 2.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
4. 4.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) mocking who said it (d) the numbers prove it
7. 7.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) many trials agree
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) checked facts support it (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
9. 9.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
13. 13.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) mocking who said it (d) it was measured twice
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
17. 17.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
19. 19.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it has lots of likes (d) one was bad, so all are
22. 22.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) it was measured twice
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
24. 24.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
25. 25.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a hard question
26. 26.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
27. 27.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) the numbers prove it
29. 29.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
31. 31.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
36. 36.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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