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This concept is evaluated in the 3WD test. Salvatore Attardo wrote a 2023 book on how the Internet changed this concept. David Sloan Wilson and Matthew Gervais argued that a strategic “proto-” form of this concept evolved in hominids as early as 2 million years ago. (-5[1])In a study of this concept and immoral behavior, A. Peter McGraw and Caleb Warren discuss stories such as a church raffling off an SUV. It’s not arousal, but a “misattribution” theory has been studied (-5[1])using a “tendentious” form of this concept discussed in a 1905 book on instances of it and Their Relation to the Unconscious by Sigmund (-5[1])Freud. (10[1])“Incongruity theory” suggests this (-5[1])concept is based in “benign violations” of expectations. (10[5]-5[2])Some Jewish performers (10[1])at Borscht Belt (10[1])resorts (10[1])used a self-deprecating (10[3])form (10[1])of, (10[3])for 10 points, (10[1])what phenomenon that can cause laughter? ■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: humor [or humorousness; or humor appreciation; or sense of humor; or comedy; or the comic; or telling jokes; or finding things funny; or wit; accept Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious; accept Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Unbewussten; accept laughter until read]
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