Thinking Traps Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 17: Thinking traps: “everyone does it” and more · Set 980 · 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.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) checked facts support it (c) many trials agree (d) everyone is doing it
3. 3.🙅 Instead of attacking the person, a fair thinker… (a) checks the idea itself (b) calls them names (c) laughs at them (d) walks away
4. 4.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “the rule book says so”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
5. 5.🪤 What is a thinking trap? (a) a puzzle game (b) a kind of fact (c) a hard question (d) a mistake in reasoning
6. 6.True or false: “the numbers prove it” is a thinking trap. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “it happened once” is a fair reason. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “lucky charm” trap. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Half the school is buying these shoes, so I need them too.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
10. 10.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everyone is skipping homework, so it’s fine.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) attacking the person
11. 11.True or false: “One boy from that school was rude, so all of them are rude.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking who said it (b) everyone is doing it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) the rule book says so
13. 13.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it has lots of likes (b) the rule book says so (c) mocking who said it (d) one was bad, so all are
14. 14.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “it has lots of likes”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
15. 15.True or false: “everyone is doing it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” (a) one means all (b) attacking the person (c) lucky charm (d) everyone does it
17. 17.True or false: “many trials agree” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) mocking who said it (b) it was measured twice (c) it has lots of likes (d) everyone is doing it
19. 19.🍀 You wore red and won a race. Did the red shirt make you win? (a) yes, red is fast (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, for sure (d) no, just a coincidence
20. 20.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “one was bad, so all are”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) mocking who said it (d) many trials agree
22. 22.True or false: “I failed one test, so I am bad at everything.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “my lucky pen did it” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone is doing it (b) mocking who said it (c) tests show it works (d) my lucky pen did it
25. 25.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) it happened once (b) mocking who said it (c) one was bad, so all are (d) many trials agree
26. 26.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Her plan is silly because she is the youngest.” (a) attacking the person (b) lucky charm (c) one means all (d) everyone does it
27. 27.True or false: “I used this pen and got full marks, so it is a magic pen.” is the “one means all” trap. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a fair reason? (a) checked facts support it (b) it happened once (c) one was bad, so all are (d) it has lots of likes
30. 30.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) the numbers prove it (b) tests show it works (c) it happened once (d) the rule book says so
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) one was bad, so all are (c) checked facts support it (d) everyone is doing it
32. 32.True or false: “it was measured twice” is a fair reason. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) my lucky pen did it (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) it has lots of likes
34. 34.Which of these is a thinking trap? (a) checked facts support it (b) it was measured twice (c) everyone is doing it (d) the numbers prove it
35. 35.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “checked facts support it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason
36. 36.True or false: “One cat scratched me, so all cats are mean.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “All my friends have this game, so it must be good.” (a) everyone does it (b) one means all (c) attacking the person (d) lucky charm
38. 38.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “I wore my blue socks and we won, so the socks bring wins.” (a) everyone does it (b) attacking the person (c) one means all (d) lucky charm
39. 39.True or false: “One banana was bad, so this fruit seller always cheats.” is the “attacking the person” trap. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a thinking trap (b) a fair reason

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