The effect of visuo-motor behavioral rehearsal (VMBR) training on tennis service performance during a tournament was investigated with 14 male tennis players. Seven participants were trained in relaxation I0 days before a major tournament, and then given a. relaxation and visualization audiocassette tape to use on a daily basis prior to the tournament. The visualization part of the tape led them to imagine themselves performing in their first tournament match, and guided them in repetitive practice on their serves. Seven other participants also competed in the tournament but did not receive the VMBR training. The higher ability training group achieved a marginally significant improvement in their percentage of good first serves, while the lower ability training group declined in their accuracy. Overall performance, as measured by their ratio of winners to errors, also favored the higher ability training group. Possible explanations of the results are discussed in terms of the interaction between the training program and the type of performer.
The conditions were investigated under which posttransgression compliance to a nonvictim would occur. In contrast to previous studies dealing with the transgression-compliance phenomenon, a nonmaterial harm was used. Subjects were induced to read a derogatory and inaccurate evaluation to a fellow subject after which they were given the opportunity to engage in expiation or justification behaviors. Transgression subjects showed a tendency to justify their behavior by minimizing the harm, but were not more likely to agree to participate in an environmental (antipollution) cause than were control subjects. Implications for the generality of the transgression-compliance phenomenon were discussed.
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