You are walking down a deserted alley late at night, and you hear a sudden noise to your left. The noise activates your thalamus, which in turn alerts both the cortex and the hypothalamus for action. Thus, your body is aroused for flight at the same time you experience the emotion of fear. This set of events is best described by which theory of emotion?

a. the common sense theory
b. the James-Lange theory
c. attribution theory
d. the Cannon-Bard theory

D