Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 876 · 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 of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) many trials agree (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the numbers prove it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it happened once
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) many trials agree (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
9. 9.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it happened once (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
11. 11.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) everyone is doing it (d) one was bad, so all are
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
14. 14.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
16. 16.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
18. 18.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
19. 19.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
21. 21.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) many trials agree (d) one was bad, so all are
28. 28.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) yes, always (c) yes, if it is long (d) no, likes aren’t proof
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) one was bad, so all are (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) many trials agree
31. 31.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) it was measured twice
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
33. 33.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
37. 37.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
40. 40.🪤 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

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