Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 911 · 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: “the rule book says so” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
3. 3.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
5. 5.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) many trials agree (c) my lucky pen did it (d) one was bad, so all are
6. 6.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the rule book says so
11. 11.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it was measured twice (c) the rule book says so (d) many trials agree
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) it was measured twice
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) mocking who said it (c) everyone is doing it (d) tests show it works
15. 15.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
17. 17.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪤 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
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
23. 23.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) never touch animals (b) cats hate me (c) all cats are mean (d) that cat was upset
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it was measured twice (b) checked facts support it (c) the rule book says so (d) mocking who said it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
29. 29.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the rule book says so (c) everyone is doing it (d) mocking who said it
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) follow them (b) run fast (c) close your eyes (d) wait for green
33. 33.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) calls them names
34. 34.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) it has lots of likes (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
36. 36.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
39. 39.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True

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