Papers by Saulo Fernández
Two experiments integrated research on the roles of common identity and social norms in intergrou... more Two experiments integrated research on the roles of common identity and social norms in intergroup orientations. Experiment 1 demonstrated that learning that ingroup members categorized the ingroup (Spaniards) and outgroup (Eastern European immigrants) within a common identity (European) produced more positive intergroup orientations toward immigrants. By contrast, learning that outgroup members held the same position elicited less positive orientations compared with a condition in which the information came from a neutral source. The effects were mediated by one-group representations. Experiment 2 also found that endorsement of a common identity generated more positive intergroup orientations when it was expressed by ingroup than outgroup members and revealed how this effect may be sequentially mediated by personal one-group representations and symbolic threat.
Revista de Psicología Social, 2011
La Psicología Positiva abre nuevas avenidas de investigación y teoría para todas las áreas de la ... more La Psicología Positiva abre nuevas avenidas de investigación y teoría para todas las áreas de la Psicología, la Psicología Social incluida, disciplina que, salvo excepciones (como el caso de Peter Suedfeld, que se describe brevemente), ha prestado escasa atención a los aspectos positivos de la interacción social. Como ejemplo del valor de la posible aportación de la Psicología Positiva a la Psicología Social, se propone el estudio de la exclusión social, en un intento de mostrar cómo cambia su comprensión cuando se la analiza bajo la óptica de la Psicología Positiva. Se finaliza con unas reflexiones generales sobre la forma en que Psicología Positiva y Psicología Social pueden colaborar mutuamente y complementarse para lograr sus respectivos objetivos. Palabras clave: Exclusión social, indomabilidad, psicología positiva, psicología social.
Personality & social psychology bulletin, 2014
In four experiments, we tested whether members of stigmatized groups are expected to be more tole... more In four experiments, we tested whether members of stigmatized groups are expected to be more tolerant toward other minorities than members of non-stigmatized groups and assessed the consequences of disconfirming those expectancies. Experiments 1 and 2 showed that majority group members expected members of a stigmatized group to be more tolerant toward immigrants, particularly when the stigmatized minority was perceived as having overcome the negative consequences of its victimization. When this tolerance expectation was disconfirmed, stigmatized group members were judged more immoral than members of a non-stigmatized group that held the same intolerant attitudes. Experiments 3 and 4 showed that these effects were driven by the belief that stigmatized groups should derive benefits from their suffering. These findings suggest that stigmatized groups are judged according to stricter moral standards than non-stigmatized groups because majority group members need to make meaning of the u...
Rehabilitation Psychology - REHABIL PSYCHOL, 2012
Objective: To assess the role that social contextual factors exert on the way people with disprop... more Objective: To assess the role that social contextual factors exert on the way people with disproportionate short stature (dwarfism) cope with the negative consequences of discrimination. Method: Using multigroup structural equation modeling, we compare the coping process of people with dwarfism from Spain (N = 63) and the USA (N = 145), two countries that differ in the role played by organizations offering support to people with dwarfism. Results: In Spain, where organizational support is recent, a coping approach aimed at achieving integration with the majority group through limb-lengthening surgery prevails; in the USA, where the long-standing organization of people with dwarfism encourages pride in being a "little person" and positive intragroup contact, a coping strategy based on empowering the minority group dominates. Conclusions: Both strategies, each in its own context, are effective at protecting psychological well-being from the negative consequences of stigmatiz...
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2011
... Corresponding author: Angel Gómez, UNED, C/ Juan del Rosal 10, Madrid, 28040, Spain. ... Over... more ... Corresponding author: Angel Gómez, UNED, C/ Juan del Rosal 10, Madrid, 28040, Spain. ... Over the last decade, researchers around the world have dem-onstrated that extended contact can promote tol-erance toward foreigners (Pettigrew, Christ, Wagner, & Stellmacher, 2007 ...
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2012
When is greater morality expected of groups that have experienced intergroup victimization? Six e... more When is greater morality expected of groups that have experienced intergroup victimization? Six experiments
illustrate that meaning making for the victims, but not the perpetrators, can lead observers to perceive the victims' descendants as morally obligated to refrain from harming others. Focusing on the lessons of the past
for the victim group increases observers' expectations that contemporary victim group members should know better than harm others. Deriving benefits from a group's past suffering, for both a well-known instance such as the Holocaust or a previously unknown group, elevates victim moral obligations (but not victim moral rights or perpetrator moral obligations). When the descendants of a historically victimized group violate the perceived lesson derived from having suffered—to be more moral—and instead does harm to others, then observers
respond more negatively toward them than harm-doers who lack a victimization history.
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Papers by Saulo Fernández
illustrate that meaning making for the victims, but not the perpetrators, can lead observers to perceive the victims' descendants as morally obligated to refrain from harming others. Focusing on the lessons of the past
for the victim group increases observers' expectations that contemporary victim group members should know better than harm others. Deriving benefits from a group's past suffering, for both a well-known instance such as the Holocaust or a previously unknown group, elevates victim moral obligations (but not victim moral rights or perpetrator moral obligations). When the descendants of a historically victimized group violate the perceived lesson derived from having suffered—to be more moral—and instead does harm to others, then observers
respond more negatively toward them than harm-doers who lack a victimization history.
illustrate that meaning making for the victims, but not the perpetrators, can lead observers to perceive the victims' descendants as morally obligated to refrain from harming others. Focusing on the lessons of the past
for the victim group increases observers' expectations that contemporary victim group members should know better than harm others. Deriving benefits from a group's past suffering, for both a well-known instance such as the Holocaust or a previously unknown group, elevates victim moral obligations (but not victim moral rights or perpetrator moral obligations). When the descendants of a historically victimized group violate the perceived lesson derived from having suffered—to be more moral—and instead does harm to others, then observers
respond more negatively toward them than harm-doers who lack a victimization history.