Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 899 · 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? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) it happened once
3. 3.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a kind of fact (d) a mistake in reasoning
4. 4.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) checked facts support it (d) it has lots of likes
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
8. 8.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) checked facts support it (c) mocking who said it (d) tests show it works
12. 12.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
14. 14.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the rule book says so (d) it happened once
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) tests show it works
17. 17.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) it was measured twice (d) one was bad, so all are
20. 20.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) it happened once (d) it has lots of likes
22. 22.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) checked facts support it (d) the rule book says so
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
24. 24.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it happened once (c) mocking who said it (d) the numbers prove it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
27. 27.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) yes, if it is long (b) no, likes aren’t proof (c) only on weekends (d) yes, always
28. 28.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) many trials agree (b) the rule book says so (c) the numbers prove it (d) everyone is doing it
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
33. 33.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it happened once (c) the rule book says so (d) checked facts support it
35. 35.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
37. 37.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) close your eyes (c) wait for green (d) run fast
38. 38.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) one was bad, so all are
39. 39.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True

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