Prior to William James's 1884 Article on Emotion, the Arousal

Prior to William James's 1884 article on emotion, the arousal of behavior was viewed as the last of a three step process as follows:

A) perception of a stimulus, cognitive analysis of that stimulus, arousal of behavior
B) reception of a stimulus, perception of the stimulus, arousal of behavior
C) perception of a stimulus, development of an emotion, arousal of behavior
D) reception of a stimulus, focus of attention on the stimulus, arousal of behavior