You are eating at a restaurant on a first date when your date spills spaghetti all over his or her lap.Which of the following conclusions would you be most likely to draw if you commit the fundamental attribution error?

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The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (personality) explanations for people's behavior rather than situational explanations. In this scenario, attributing the spill to nerves would be a dispositional explanation, and attributing it to attractiveness would be irrelevant. Therefore, the most likely dispositional attribution would be clumsiness.

You Are Eating at a Restaurant on a First Date