Humor is an important, ubiquitous phenomenon; however, seemingly disparate conditions seem to facilitate humor. We
integrate these conditions by suggesting that laughter and amusement result from violations that are simultaneously seen as
benign. We investigated three conditions that make a violation benign and thus humorous: (a) the presence of an alternative
norm suggesting that the situation is acceptable, (b) weak commitment to the violated norm, and (c) psychological distance
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Authors: Caleb Warren, A. peter Mcgraw
