Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 820 · 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 thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
2. 2.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) wait for green (d) run fast
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) tests show it works
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
5. 5.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
6. 6.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
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
8. 8.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) walks away
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
14. 14.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) the numbers prove it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) many trials agree (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) one was bad, so all are
19. 19.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
20. 20.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) one was bad, so all are
22. 22.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) it has lots of likes
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
26. 26.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) yes, if it is long (d) only on weekends
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
29. 29.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) many trials agree (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
30. 30.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
33. 33.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
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the numbers prove it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
35. 35.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) many trials agree
40. 40.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact

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