Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 944 · 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.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.🐈 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
3. 3.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the numbers prove it (c) everyone is doing it (d) my lucky pen did it
4. 4.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a hard question (b) a puzzle game (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a kind of fact
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) the numbers prove it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) tests show it works
6. 6.🚦 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
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
8. 8.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) one means all (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
11. 11.True or false: “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) it has lots of likes (d) it happened once
14. 14.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) walks away (c) calls them names (d) laughs at them
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
17. 17.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
19. 19.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) tests show it works (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
21. 21.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) tests show it works
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it was measured twice”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it has lots of likes (d) many trials agree
28. 28.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) mocking who said it
30. 30.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
31. 31.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
33. 33.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it was measured twice (d) it happened once
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
37. 37.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) the rule book says so (c) checked facts support it (d) tests show it works
39. 39.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person

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