Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 854 · 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? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the numbers prove it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
4. 4.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, for sure (c) yes, red is fast (d) only on Sundays
10. 10.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) tests show it works (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
13. 13.👍 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
15. 15.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🪤 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
17. 17.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) the rule book says so (b) it happened once (c) it has lots of likes (d) my lucky pen did it
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
20. 20.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) that cat was upset (c) cats hate me (d) all cats are mean
21. 21.🪤 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) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
24. 24.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the numbers prove it
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
27. 27.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a puzzle game
30. 30.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
31. 31.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
35. 35.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) laughs at them (c) calls them names (d) checks the idea itself
40. 40.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True

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