Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 909 · 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 boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
2. 2.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
4. 4.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the numbers prove it (c) many trials agree (d) mocking who said it
7. 7.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) that cat was upset (b) never touch animals (c) cats hate me (d) all cats are mean
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
13. 13.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
14. 14.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a kind of fact (c) a puzzle game (d) a hard question
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it happened once (c) tests show it works (d) everyone is doing it
17. 17.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) it happened once (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
19. 19.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
21. 21.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.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
23. 23.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) close your eyes (c) follow them (d) wait for green
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) many trials agree (c) mocking who said it (d) one was bad, so all are
25. 25.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
26. 26.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
28. 28.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
30. 30.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) checked facts support it (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
33. 33.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
34. 34.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) mocking who said it
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
37. 37.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
39. 39.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) one was bad, so all are (d) everyone is doing it

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