Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 908 · 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: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
5. 5.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
6. 6.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) follow them (c) close your eyes (d) wait for green
7. 7.🪤 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
8. 8.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
9. 9.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
10. 10.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) the numbers prove it (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) the numbers prove it (d) my lucky pen did it
12. 12.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
14. 14.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) the numbers prove it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) tests show it works (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
16. 16.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) tests show it works (c) the rule book says so (d) many trials agree
18. 18.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
22. 22.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) only on weekends (c) yes, always (d) yes, if it is long
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) it was measured twice
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
28. 28.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it was measured twice (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
30. 30.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
35. 35.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
37. 37.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🪤 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) one means all (d) everyone does it
39. 39.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True

Free critical thinking lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/critical-thinking-for-kids