Dave the Druid makes a sacrificial offering of wine to the sun every 365 days.Each time he does so, the sun rises over the same stone.Dave believes pouring wine over the stone causes the sun to rise there because he has made a mistake in the component of the response reinforcer relationship.
A)temporal contiguity
B)belongingness
C)contingency
D)timing

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Dave has made an incorrect assumption about the contingency between his action (pouring wine over the stone) and the desired outcome (the sun rising). The sun rising is not contingent upon his action, but rather is a natural occurrence that happens regardless of what he does. This shows a lack of understanding of contingency.

Dave the Druid Makes a Sacrificial Offering of Wine to the Sun