Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 93 · 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.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a mistake in reasoning (b) a hard question (c) a puzzle game (d) a kind of fact
3. 3.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
4. 4.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
6. 6.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) run fast (b) wait for green (c) close your eyes (d) follow them
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) everyone is doing it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
9. 9.🐈 One cat scratched you. What is the fair thought? (a) cats hate me (b) all cats are mean (c) never touch animals (d) that cat was upset
10. 10.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) no, likes aren’t proof (b) only on weekends (c) yes, if it is long (d) yes, always
13. 13.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) calls them names (b) walks away (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
14. 14.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪤 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
16. 16.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
18. 18.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
19. 19.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) the rule book says so (c) tests show it works (d) checked facts support it
24. 24.🪤 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
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
26. 26.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
27. 27.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
29. 29.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) many trials agree
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) one was bad, so all are
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
32. 32.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) the rule book says so (c) checked facts support it (d) mocking who said it
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
34. 34.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) tests show it works (d) it has lots of likes
36. 36.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.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
38. 38.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it

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