Question

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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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%25%127.42

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternToronto A45-5
William OrrYaleBritish Columbia80-5
Henry BonWinona StateCornell B104-5
Todd MaslykMichiganColumbia B10510
Michael DuWaterloo AIndiana109-5
Cade ReinbergerRITVanderbilt11710
Qingyu ZhangFloridaOttawa11710
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSENYU117-5
Ned TagtmeierChicago AUC Berkeley A11710
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina AIllinois A11710
Caleb OttWaterloo BWUSTL B117-5
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BUCF11710
Nitin RaoHarvardToronto C12010
Gus VanskikeMarylandIllinois B12310
David BassJohns HopkinsChicago B12410
Wenying WuToronto BIowa State12710
Charles HangWUSTL AColumbia A12710
Joseph ChambersVirginiaOhio State12710
Tim MorrisonStanfordRutgers12810
Athena ShaddenTexasMinnesota12910
Ani PerumallaPenn StateUC Berkeley B12910
Anurag SodhiMITCornell A12910
Ian LuGeorgia TechVirginia Tech13210
Jaik HavlickArizona StateGeorgia State13910
Jakob MyersIndianaWaterloo A13910
Benjamin ChapmanToronto ANorthwestern13910
John John GrogerWUSTL BWaterloo B13910
Owen MimnoNYULSE13910
Kevin PengCornell BWinona State13910
John ChenBritish ColumbiaYale13910