Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 890 · 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: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.👍 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
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
6. 6.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
7. 7.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
8. 8.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) the rule book says so
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it happened once (d) tests show it works
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) the numbers prove it (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
14. 14.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
16. 16.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a hard question (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the numbers prove it (d) it was measured twice
18. 18.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) my lucky pen did it (d) tests show it works
22. 22.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) the rule book says so
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
28. 28.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
30. 30.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) it has lots of likes (c) tests show it works (d) it was measured twice
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) the rule book says so (d) my lucky pen did it
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
35. 35.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🚦 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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once

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