Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 850 · 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: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a kind of fact (c) a puzzle game (d) a hard question
3. 3.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
5. 5.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) only on weekends (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) yes, if it is long
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) mocking who said it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
8. 8.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, red is fast (d) yes, for sure
9. 9.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) run fast (c) wait for green (d) close your eyes
10. 10.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
11. 11.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) laughs at them (c) calls them names (d) checks the idea itself
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
13. 13.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) many trials agree (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
15. 15.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the numbers prove it
17. 17.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
19. 19.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) many trials agree
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
26. 26.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪤 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
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
30. 30.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
37. 37.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) all cats are mean (b) cats hate me (c) that cat was upset (d) never touch animals
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all

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