一個對幽默事件／反應的研究，可以讓我們對一民族及人生典型態度多一點了解。本研究讓臺灣人及日本人觀賞美國電影Patch Adams（心靈點滴），然後回答22題問題，進行分析。國別比性別因素更重要：因為國別因素構成九項相似結果，十三項不同結果；性別因素只造成五項不同結果。大部分人都同意Patch Adams是幽默的。因為較多臺灣人認為幽默是可以學習的，因此他們比日本人喜歡與Patch Adams當同事，以便學習他的幽默。臺灣人無法決定幽默天成與習得的關係；日本人則非常確定，若一個人認為幽默天成，他就不認為幽默可以後天習得；反之亦然。臺灣人無法決定PA的有趣的行為是否可以叫小丑，日本人則非常確定。臺灣人認為自己較幽默的也認為Patch Adams較幽默；日本人對兩者的關係則意見分歧。顯著多的女性比較欣賞Patch Adams的行為。在階級較分明的社會，幽默，特別是Patch Adams類型的幽默，較適合小孩，較不適合大人。

Any study about a humorous event/reaction can contribute a little to understanding an individual personality and typical ethnic attitudes toward life. This research brings Japanese and Taiwanese together in their responses to 22 questions after watching the American movie Patch Adams. Nation looms more important than gender. The ethnic groups evaluated nine items similarly, thirteen differently; gender made five such items differ. Most people agree Patch Adams is humorous. More Taiwanese than Japanese believe that humor competence can be learned, and thus they like to be his co-worker at Pediatrics, non-Pediatrics, and other work places to emulate him. While Taiwanese struggle with connections between innate and learnable humor competence, Japanese are confident: those believing its innate quality do not think of its learnability, and vice versa (Q3-Q16 have higher r-vlaue than all other pairs in Table 5). Taiwanese are perplexed by whether a person acting funny is called a clown, Japanese sure of it. Taiwanese believe that Patch Adams more humorous than they, those judging themselves humorous are more likely to rate Patch Adams humorous. Significantly more women than men (89% to 73%; Q4) enjoyed Patch Adams' actions. In a hierarchical society, humor, especially PA's, is more suitable for children than adults.