Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 950 · 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: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
2. 2.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the numbers prove it (c) the rule book says so (d) it was measured twice
3. 3.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
4. 4.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) one means all (b) lucky charm (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
6. 6.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
8. 8.True or false: “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “it happened once” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) it happened once (d) the numbers prove it
12. 12.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it was measured twice (b) one was bad, so all are (c) mocking who said it (d) everyone is doing it
13. 13.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a puzzle game
14. 14.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) one was bad, so all are (b) the rule book says so (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
15. 15.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) the rule book says so (d) tests show it works
16. 16.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
17. 17.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the rule book says so (b) checked facts support it (c) tests show it works (d) my lucky pen did it
19. 19.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪤 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) one means all (d) everyone does it
21. 21.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
22. 22.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) tests show it works (b) it happened once (c) checked facts support it (d) many trials agree
24. 24.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) no, just a coincidence (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, red is fast (d) yes, for sure
25. 25.🪤 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the rule book says so (c) my lucky pen did it (d) everyone is doing it
27. 27.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “everyone does it” 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) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Ignore Kabir’s point; his handwriting is messy.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it happened once (b) tests show it works (c) one was bad, so all are (d) everyone is doing it
31. 31.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) lucky charm
32. 32.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “mocking who said it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
33. 33.True or false: “tests show it works” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) it was measured twice (b) the rule book says so (c) one was bad, so all are (d) checked facts support it
36. 36.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
37. 37.True or false: “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 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) attacking the person (d) everyone does it
39. 39.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
40. 40.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) checked facts support it (c) it happened once (d) one was bad, so all are

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