Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 79 · 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.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the rule book says so (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
4. 4.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
7. 7.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, just a coincidence (c) yes, red is fast (d) yes, for sure
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) the rule book says so
13. 13.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) close your eyes (b) run fast (c) wait for green (d) follow them
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
15. 15.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
18. 18.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) all cats are mean (c) never touch animals (d) that cat was upset
19. 19.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the numbers prove it (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once
22. 22.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
29. 29.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) many trials agree (d) checked facts support it
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
38. 38.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
40. 40.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False

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