Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 95 · 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.🚦 Your friends are all crossing on a red light. What do you do? (a) wait for green (b) close your eyes (c) run fast (d) follow them
2. 2.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a mistake in reasoning (d) a hard question
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
4. 4.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
5. 5.True or false: “checked facts support it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) everyone is doing it (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
7. 7.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “many trials agree”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) the rule book says so (c) it was measured twice (d) my lucky pen did it
10. 10.True or false: “the rule book says so” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
12. 12.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) tests show it works (d) the rule book says so
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
19. 19.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) it has lots of likes (c) it was measured twice (d) my lucky pen did it
21. 21.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) it has lots of likes (c) checked facts support it (d) it was measured twice
22. 22.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) lucky charm (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
23. 23.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the numbers prove it (b) the rule book says so (c) many trials agree (d) it has lots of likes
28. 28.True or false: “I sat in this seat and our team scored, so I must stay here.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) it has lots of likes (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it happened once
30. 30.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) it was measured twice (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
32. 32.🪤 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
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “my lucky pen did it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
34. 34.🪤 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
35. 35.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) calls them names (c) walks away (d) checks the idea itself
36. 36.👍 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
37. 37.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
38. 38.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) it happened once
39. 39.🪤 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) attacking the person (d) one means all
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap

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