I have been trying to understand this sentence, but it is a little too complicated for me to understand:
Individuals appear to have a knee-jerk reflexive reaction to being excluded and ignored that seems to bypass information that should logically diminish its importance or relevance.
I don’t know what that and its are supposed to refer to. Does it mean the same thing as this:
bypass information that (information) should logically diminish its (information) importance or relevance"
Based on the way it is written, I assume both that and its refer to information. However, I still don’t understand the message behind the sentence:
information should logically diminish its importance or relevance.
Here’s the whole paragraph, which is a summary of a scientific article:
Almost two decades of empirical social psychological research on ostracism, exclusion, and rejection have been very fruitful and enlightening. Beyond the obvious point that these are aversive interpersonal behaviors that cause distress, we now know that (i) individuals appear to have a knee-jerk reflexive reaction to being excluded and ignored that seems to bypass information that should logically diminish its importance or relevance, (ii) there is a close link between physical pain and social pain, and (iii) subsequent responses to ostracism may vary depending on which need or needs the individual is trying to fortify. Thus, some ostracized individuals seek approval whereas others seek revenge.