Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 887 · 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: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, always (b) yes, if it is long (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) only on weekends
3. 3.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it happened once (c) it was measured twice (d) everyone is doing it
8. 8.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
12. 12.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
14. 14.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the numbers prove it (d) it happened once
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) mocking who said it (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
17. 17.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
20. 20.True or false: “many trials agree” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) many trials agree (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
23. 23.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
24. 24.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
25. 25.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.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
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
29. 29.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a kind of fact (d) a hard question
30. 30.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.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
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) the numbers prove it
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
35. 35.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
36. 36.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) the rule book says so (d) many trials agree
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) everyone is doing it (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
38. 38.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) follow them (c) wait for green (d) close your eyes
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) checked facts support it

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