The study in which three individuals sat in a room and threw a ball back and forth, and where one of the individuals (the actual subject) was eventually excluded from the toss, was an investigation into the effects of:

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This study is a classic example of research on ostracism, where the subject experiences social exclusion when the other participants stop throwing the ball to them.

The Study in Which Three Individuals Sat in a Room