While eating at a restaurant,you see a waiter's serving tray accidentally tilt and an avalanche of food and beverages splatters on four people."What a careless,clumsy idiot," you mumble to yourself as you resume eating.You have just committed

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The statement "What a careless, clumsy idiot" implies a negative attribution towards the waiter's character rather than considering external factors like an unstable serving tray. This is an example of the fundamental attribution error where we tend to attribute other people's behavior to their personality traits rather than situational factors.

While Eating at a Restaurant,you See a Waiter's Serving Tray