Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 904 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) everyone is doing it
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it was measured twice (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it has lots of likes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it was measured twice (d) many trials agree
4. 4.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
6. 6.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) one was bad, so all are (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
10. 10.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) mocking who said it (c) the numbers prove it (d) tests show it works
12. 12.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) everyone is doing it (d) checked facts support it
13. 13.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
17. 17.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) many trials agree (c) tests show it works (d) it happened once
19. 19.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) it has lots of likes (c) many trials agree (d) my lucky pen did it
22. 22.🪤 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) it was measured twice (d) the rule book says so
24. 24.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
29. 29.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
32. 32.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a puzzle game (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a hard question
33. 33.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
36. 36.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) the numbers prove it
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
39. 39.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
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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