Laughter is the best way to relieve tension in an argument. True, we are given jokes with varying degrees of ease in such situations. The reason is in the warehouse of character.
Making your partner laugh is the best way to settle an argument. Although it is more difficult for people who are shy and withdrawn to do this *. Wanting to joke, introverts involuntarily ridicule the other, do not feel it and do not understand why the partner is offended. Anxious people, on the contrary, are too cautious, trying to soften the joke, so that the interlocutor may not notice it at all. The most effective way to resolve a conflict is to joke about the situation as a whole: the awareness of the absurdity of disagreements deprives them of their destructive power and makes them funny.
* Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2013, vol. 39.