If judges perceive both athletes as
similar, so the selective accessibility model suggests, they focus on
further similarities between the two athletes. Thus, judges may
look for information attesting a good performance of the target
athlete when the performance of the standard athlete was at a high
level. They could, for example, notice that the target athlete and
the standard kept perfect body tension throughout their exercises.
If the performance of the standard athlete was rather poor, judges
would search for information indicating that the target athlete’s
performance was on a low level as well.