Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 951 · 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.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, for sure (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, red is fast (d) no, just a coincidence
2. 2.True or false: “It rained after I washed my bike, so washing it brings rain.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) it has lots of likes
7. 7.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) my lucky pen did it (c) everyone is doing it (d) it was measured twice
9. 9.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) laughs at them (b) checks the idea itself (c) calls them names (d) walks away
10. 10.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) attacking the person (b) one means all (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
12. 12.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
13. 13.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) it has lots of likes (d) the numbers prove it
16. 16.True or false: “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “The first episode was dull, so the whole series is dull.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
19. 19.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a kind of fact (b) a mistake in reasoning (c) a hard question (d) a puzzle game
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the numbers prove it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
21. 21.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it happened once”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checked facts support it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) many trials agree (d) tests show it works
23. 23.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “tests show it works”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
24. 24.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) attacking the person (b) everyone does it (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
25. 25.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it has lots of likes (b) everyone is doing it (c) checked facts support it (d) one was bad, so all are
27. 27.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” (a) lucky charm (b) one means all (c) everyone does it (d) attacking the person
28. 28.True or false: “one was bad, so all are” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “tests show it works” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) everyone is doing it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) my lucky pen did it (d) the rule book says so
31. 31.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) everyone is doing it (b) tests show it works (c) many trials agree (d) checked facts support it
32. 32.True or false: “mocking who said it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
35. 35.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Why trust her answer? She wears old shoes.” (a) lucky charm (b) attacking the person (c) everyone does it (d) one means all
36. 36.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Don’t listen to his science idea — he can’t even play football.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) one means all
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) many trials agree (b) one was bad, so all are (c) it happened once (d) my lucky pen did it
40. 40.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) False (b) True

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