Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 89 · 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? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
2. 2.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) wait for green (b) run fast (c) close your eyes (d) follow them
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
6. 6.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) laughs at them
7. 7.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a hard question
8. 8.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
11. 11.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
12. 12.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) the numbers prove it
14. 14.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🍀 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
16. 16.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.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
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the rule book says so (c) it has lots of likes (d) checked facts support it
23. 23.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
24. 24.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) it has lots of likes
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) tests show it works (c) one was bad, so all are (d) my lucky pen did it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the numbers prove it
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
28. 28.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
30. 30.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
33. 33.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) my lucky pen did it (d) checked facts support it
35. 35.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, if it is long (b) only on weekends (c) no, likes aren’t proof (d) yes, always
37. 37.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) cats hate me (c) all cats are mean (d) that cat was upset
38. 38.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works

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