Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 802 · 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.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) laughs at them (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
2. 2.🐈 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
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
5. 5.🪤 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
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
8. 8.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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
10. 10.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) the rule book says so (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
11. 11.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) wait for green (b) close your eyes (c) follow them (d) run fast
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the numbers prove it (d) tests show it works
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) many trials agree
18. 18.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
20. 20.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it happened once
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
22. 22.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
24. 24.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) only on weekends (d) yes, if it is long
28. 28.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) the numbers prove it
30. 30.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it has lots of likes (d) one was bad, so all are
32. 32.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
33. 33.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪤 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) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) mocking who said it (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) it was measured twice
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it

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