Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 786 · 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: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
3. 3.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, red is fast (c) yes, for sure (d) no, just a coincidence
5. 5.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
9. 9.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
13. 13.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) many trials agree (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
19. 19.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) that cat was upset (c) all cats are mean (d) never touch animals
20. 20.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it happened once
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
24. 24.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the numbers prove it (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
26. 26.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
31. 31.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) the numbers prove it
34. 34.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, if it is long (b) yes, always (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) only on weekends
37. 37.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) mocking who said it (c) it was measured twice (d) the numbers prove it
38. 38.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False

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