Alison's school classmates make a point of ignoring her and they purposely exclude her from participation in any of their after-school social events. Their treatment of Alison most clearly illustrates

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Ostracism refers to the act of ignoring or excluding someone from a group or society. In this scenario, Alison's classmates are purposefully excluding her from social events which qualifies as an example of ostracism. Narcissism refers to excessive self-love, neophobia refers to fear of new things, and chain migration refers to the process in which members of a family or community migrate to the same area. None of these concepts apply to the scenario described.

Alison's School Classmates Make a Point of Ignoring Her and They