20 points. what does the self-fulfilling prophecy theory state?

a) dominant groups use prejudices and discrimination against weaker groups
b) prejudice interconnects with the ego-defense
c) we learn prejudices through our interactions in society
d) social conditions reinforce beliefs over time

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior. Hopefully this helps :)

A prophecy that directly or indirectly causes itself to be true.

Explanation:

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prophecy that in its own core makes the prophecy to become true, this means that what the prophecy says will become true once the person or people involved hear it or by its own existance will make ir true, a good example of this was the Oedipus Rex prophecy when someone tells him that his son would kill him and marry his wife, so he abandons him but he survives and fulfills the prophecy.

answer: do

the 'italicized phrase' is a noun clause that is used as a direct object.