Hamido Fujita

JingTao Yao

Duoqian Miao

Xiaodong Yue

Jerzy Grzymala-Busse

Fanzhang Li

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rough Sets, IJCRS 2022, held in Suzhou, China, in November 2022. The 28 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Invited papers, IRSS President Forum; rough set theory and applications; granular computing and applications; classification and deep learning; conceptual knowledge discovery and machine learning based on three-way decisions and granular computing; uncertainty in three-way decisions; granular computing, and data science.

International Joint Conference, IJCRS 2022, Suzhou, China, November 11–14, 2022, Proceedings

Rough Sets

This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies. It starts by reviewing how the concept of humour evolves in Chinese history, and how it is perceived by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism respectively. It then compares differences in the Western and the Chinese perceptions of humor and discusses empirical studies that were conducted to examine such differences. It also discusses the cultural origin and empirical evidence of the Chinese ambivalence about humor and presents empirical findings that illustrate its existence. Having done these, it proceeds to discuss psychological studies that examine how humour is related to various demographic, dispositional variables as well as how humour is related to creativity in Chinese societies. It also discusses how humour is related to emotional expressions and mental health in Chinese society as well. It concludes with a discussion on how workplace humor is reflected and developed in Chinese contexts. Taken together, this book attempts to bring together the theoretical propositions, empirical studies, and cultural analyses of humor in Chinese societies.

A Psychological Perspective

Humor and Chinese Culture

Chau-kiu Cheung

This book introduces psychosocial studies of idol worship in Chinese societies. It reviews how idol worship is perceived in Chinese culture, history, and philosophy as well as how it differs from the concept of celebrity worship that is more dominant in Western literature. Using a pioneering hexagonal model of idol worship, this book explains how idol worship is affected by various demographic and dispositional variables as well as the cognitive and social functions of idols and idol worship. Finally, it discusses idol worship from a contemporary Chinese perspective, including emotional, interpersonal, and social learning aspects, and ends with a discussion of moral development perspective.

A Psychological Approach

Idol Worship in Chinese Society

Xiaodong Yue

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