Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 834 · 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.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) wait for green (c) follow them (d) close your eyes
2. 2.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) only on Sundays (c) no, just a coincidence (d) yes, red is fast
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
4. 4.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) mocking who said it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) it happened once
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
11. 11.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
19. 19.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
20. 20.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
22. 22.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
27. 27.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) only on weekends (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
29. 29.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the numbers prove it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
32. 32.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the numbers prove it (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
36. 36.🪤 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) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
37. 37.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it has lots of likes (d) many trials agree
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) one was bad, so all are

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