Mitchell (2009) argued, from neuroscience data, that social psychology is a 'natural kind'. What did he mean by this?
A) That human social cognition is innate
B) We are biased to perceive unrelated social phenomena as connected.
C) That the same set of neural mechanisms that support social cognition also support non-social cognition
D) A core set of neural structures are involved in implementing the diverse range of social cognitions studied by social psychologists.

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Mitchell argued that social psychology is a 'natural kind' in the sense that a core set of neural structures are involved in implementing the diverse range of social cognitions studied by social psychologists. He suggested that these neural structures are evolutionarily conserved and have been shaped by the selective pressures of social living, making them particularly adapted to processing social information.

Mitchell (2009) Argued, from Neuroscience Data, That Social Psychology Is