Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance · chapter 2 · id grit-c2-06-chia-jung-tsays-research-showe

“Chia-Jung Tsay's research showed that even expert musicians who claim to value effort actually exhibit a bias toward 'natural' performers over 'strivers' with equivalent achievements.”

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Tsay (2016), Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin - Privileging Naturals Over Striverspaywalled — manual check queued

Professional musicians judged the natural performer to be more talented, more likely to succeed, and more hirable than the striver, despite being told both achieved equivalent outcomes.

Tsay & Banaji (2011), Journal of Experimental Social Psychologypaywalled — manual check queued

People prefer naturals over strivers in achievement domains, suggesting a systematic bias in favor of perceived innate talent.

APS Observer - The Talent Biassource alive

Tsay extended the naturalness bias findings from music to entrepreneurship, leadership, and negotiations, showing the effect generalizes across domains.

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