Sheila shows up for a blind date with her hair disheveled and her clothes a mess. her date, jamal, thinks, "she must be a total slob! " jamal's thought about sheila is an example of

The fundamental attribution error

Explanation:

The fundamental attribution error which is also referred to as overattribution effect is how we tend to overly attribute someone's behavior to their personality and pay no attention to situational factors that may have led to that behavior.

This is a cognitive bias in which we believe one actions are because of who they are as a person rather than considering social and environmental factors that may have pushed them

Maybe Sheila had encountered some disturbing situation on the way coming to meet Jamal or she might have stopped and helped someone who was in trouble on the road and as a result got her hair and clothes messed up and all these are situational factors that Jamal isn't considering.

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