Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 811 · 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: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it has lots of likes (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
5. 5.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) run fast (d) wait for green
6. 6.🐈 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
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
11. 11.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
13. 13.🪤 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
14. 14.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
16. 16.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) laughs at them (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
18. 18.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) checked facts support it (c) mocking who said it (d) my lucky pen did it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) many trials agree (d) it happened once
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
22. 22.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it happened once (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
23. 23.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
24. 24.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
25. 25.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) my lucky pen did it (c) checked facts support it (d) the rule book says so
29. 29.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it was measured twice
32. 32.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
35. 35.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice
38. 38.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪤 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
40. 40.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact

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