This introduction to the “Festschrift for Willibald Ruch” outlines his impressive achievements in humor research, especially in the areas of measurement, individual differences as well as models and theories. Though mostly focusing on the psychology of humor and the sense of humor, Willibald also pioneered interdisciplinary and cross-cultural humor studies. This Festschrift comprises seven invited commentaries and eight articles, which expand areas of research that Willibald significantly shaped and advanced, including humor appreciation, comprehension and production, cheerfulness, dispositions towards laughter and being laughed at, as well as comic styles and humor dimensions.

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“Willibald Ruch 文集”简介

这篇对“Willibald Ruch 的文集”的介绍概述了他在幽默研究方面取得的令人瞩目的成就，尤其是在测量、个体差异以及模型和理论方面。尽管主要关注幽默心理学和幽默感，威利博尔德还是跨学科和跨文化幽默研究的先驱。这篇文集包括七篇受邀评论和八篇文章，扩展了 Willibald 显着塑造和推进的研究领域，包括幽默欣赏、理解和产生、快乐、笑和被笑的倾向，以及喜剧风格和幽默维度。