Seeing an Ad Informing You of the Rapidly Increasing Number

Seeing an ad informing you of the rapidly increasing number of burglaries in your neighborhood awakens you to the need for a burglar alarm.This could best be thought of as

A) aspirations leading to a change in the ideal state.
B) high MAO leading to an increase in short-term memory.
C) low MAO leading to a decrease in short-term memory.
D) simple expectations leading to a formation of the ideal state.
E) external stimuli leading to a change in the actual state.