Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 787 · 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 of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) many trials agree (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it has lots of likes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
8. 8.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a hard question
9. 9.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🍀 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
13. 13.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) laughs at them (d) checks the idea itself
14. 14.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) the rule book says so (c) everyone is doing it (d) many trials agree
18. 18.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
20. 20.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the numbers prove it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
23. 23.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) cats hate me (c) all cats are mean (d) never touch animals
25. 25.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) it has lots of likes
28. 28.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) many trials agree (c) it was measured twice (d) the numbers prove it
30. 30.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
33. 33.🪤 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
34. 34.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
36. 36.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) the numbers prove it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) everyone is doing it (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
40. 40.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False

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