Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 791 · 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.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) wait for green (b) run fast (c) close your eyes (d) follow them
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
5. 5.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) it has lots of likes (d) tests show it works
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
10. 10.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, if it is long (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) only on weekends (d) yes, always
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
14. 14.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact
15. 15.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
18. 18.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, red is fast (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, for sure
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) never touch animals (c) that cat was upset (d) all cats are mean
25. 25.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪤 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
27. 27.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) laughs at them (c) walks away (d) calls them names
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) it happened once (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
29. 29.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
31. 31.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it happened once (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
36. 36.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) one was bad, so all are (d) mocking who said it
40. 40.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False

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