Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 947 · 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: “mocking who said it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) calls them names (c) checks the idea itself (d) laughs at them
3. 3.🪤 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
4. 4.👍 A post has thousands of likes. Does that prove it is true? (a) only on weekends (b) yes, always (c) yes, if it is long (d) no, likes aren’t proof
5. 5.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
7. 7.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
8. 8.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) yes, for sure (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, red is fast
10. 10.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) it was measured twice
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
12. 12.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) the numbers prove it (d) many trials agree
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) mocking who said it (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
16. 16.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) many trials agree (c) it has lots of likes (d) mocking who said it
17. 17.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) it has lots of likes (c) the rule book says so (d) one was bad, so all are
18. 18.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
20. 20.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
22. 22.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a puzzle game (d) a hard question
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
24. 24.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) the numbers prove it (c) tests show it works (d) one was bad, so all are
25. 25.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) attacking the person
27. 27.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) tests show it works (d) mocking who said it
30. 30.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
32. 32.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) it happened once
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it was measured twice (d) mocking who said it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
37. 37.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) mocking who said it (c) the rule book says so (d) it was measured twice
38. 38.True or false: “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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