You find yourself in a small sailboat on a big lake as a storm approaches. According to the James-Lange theory, what is the correct order of events?

A) First you feel frightened, and then your autonomic nervous system is aroused.
B) Your autonomic nervous system becomes aroused at the same time that you feel frightened.
C) First your autonomic nervous system is aroused, and then you feel frightened.
D) First you become frightened, and then the activity in your autonomic nervous system is suppressed.

According to the James-Lange theory, the physiological arousal comes before the experience of emotion. Therefore, option C is correct as it states that first your autonomic nervous system is aroused (physiological arousal), and then you feel frightened (experience of emotion). Option A and D are not correct since they suggest that emotions come before physiological arousal or that activity in the autonomic nervous system is suppressed, which is not consistent with the James-Lange theory. Option B is also not correct since it suggests that physiological arousal and emotional experience happen simultaneously, which is not what the theory suggests.