ÜDS-Sosyal 2012-1 Soru=45

According to the passage, having an argument or physical fight is preferable to exclusion because ----.

Studies reveal that even subtle, artificial or seemingly
unimportant exclusion can lead to strong emotional
reactions. A strong reaction makes sense when you are
rejected or ignored by your family or close friends,
because they are important to you. It is more
remarkable that intense feelings of rejection can
emerge even when people close to us are not involved.
We can feel awful even after people we have never met
simply look the other way. This reaction serves an
important function. It warns us that something is wrong,
that there exists a serious threat to our social and
psychological well-being. Psychologists argue that
belonging, self-esteem, a sense of control over your life
and a belief that existence is meaningful constitute four
fundamental psychological needs that we must meet to
function as social individuals. Exclusion threatens all
these needs. Even in a verbal or physical dispute,
individuals are still connected. Total exclusion, however,
cuts all bonds. Worse than this, the imposed silence
forces us to think about the event in detail, generating
self-critical thoughts in our search for an explanation.
This forced isolation also makes us feel helpless: You
can fight back, but no one will respond. Finally,
exclusion makes our very existence feel less
meaningful because this type of rejection makes us feel
isolated and unimportant.