When a national leader is accused of impropriety, people often desire his/her ouster. To explain such desire for punishment, the authors tested two predictions of the model of intuitive prosecutors. While continuing in the position after the allegation activates the prosecutorial mind among people, resigning from the position deactivates it (Prediction 1). The relation between an inappropriate response by the leader and the desired punishment is mediated sequentially by dispositional attribution to, outrage with, and attitude toward him/her (Prediction 2). In Experiment 1, the accused leader had resigned (i.e., already punished) or hadn't resigned from the position (i.e., remained unpunished). In Experiment 2, the leader had also cooperated with (i.e., an appropriate response) or threatened the accusers and the investigators (i.e., an inappropriate response). Participants (Ns = 168 and 200) from India made the dispositional attribution, outrage, attitude, and punishment responses to the leader. Results supported both predictions. Theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.

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渴望惩罚领导者：对人作为直觉检察官模式的新考验

当国家领导人被指控不当行为时，人们往往希望他/她下台。为了解释这种对惩罚的渴望，作者测试了直觉检察官模型的两个预测。虽然在指控后继续担任该职位会激活人们的起诉意识，但辞去该职位会使其失效（预测 1）。领导者的不当反应与期望的惩罚之间的关系是通过对他/她的性格归因、愤怒和对他/她的态度依次介导的（预测 2）。在实验 1 中，被指控的领导者已经辞职（即已经受到惩罚）或没有 辞职（即仍然没有受到惩罚）。在实验 2 中，领导者也曾与（即，适当的回应）或威胁指控者和调查人员（即，不当的回应）。来自印度的参与者（N s = 168 和 200）对领导者做出了性格归因、愤怒、态度和惩罚反应。结果支持这两种预测。讨论了研究结果的理论意义。