Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 853 · 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) close your eyes (c) follow them (d) wait for green
2. 2.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
3. 3.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a puzzle game
4. 4.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
6. 6.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) my lucky pen did it
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
13. 13.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) it has lots of likes
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
19. 19.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
21. 21.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
24. 24.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
27. 27.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
29. 29.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) yes, if it is long (c) only on weekends (d) no, likes aren’t proof
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
31. 31.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
36. 36.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) mocking who said it
38. 38.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) the numbers prove it
40. 40.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True

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