Philip Zimbardo's study of a simulated prison environment that used college students as prisoners and prison guards
A) indicated that it is impossible to replicate a "real life" situation in a laboratory.
B) demonstrated that a social structure can influence the type of social interactions that occur.
C) indicated that social interactions are not influenced by social structure characteristics.
D) All of these answers are correct.

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Zimbardo's study demonstrated the power of social structures and how they can influence the type of social interactions that occur. While the study was not a perfect replication of a "real life" situation, it did provide important insights into how individuals behave in certain roles and how these roles can be influenced by the social structure of a given environment. Therefore, Option A is not correct. Additionally, the study clearly demonstrated that social interactions are influenced by the characteristics of the social structure, so Option C is also not correct.

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