The most influential theories that explain psychological mechanism of humor are superiority theories, relief or arousal theories and incongruity theories, which can explain different humors.

有关幽默的心理机制的理论解释中，最有代表性的是优势理论、释放理论和失谐理论。

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Disregarding the actual income, people tend to feel a notch above the others when holding a white-collar job; it brings some kind of psychological satisfaction and superiority.

如果是白领就会觉得自己比别人高一头，不管收入的多少在心理上就有一个满足与优越感。

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Traditional theories include Superiority theory from the social-behavioral perspective, Relief theory from psychoanalytical perspective and Incongruity theory from cognitive psychological perspective.

传统幽默理论包括社会行为角度的优越论、心理分析角度的释放论和心理认知角度的乖讹论。

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You can explain the better health of the guy in first class without resorting to his psychological superiority to the schlubs in coach.

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