This infographic was created by Sandy Morris and a full version originally published in the spring 2014 issue of UMSL Magazine. Click the image to enlarge and see the full version.

Assistant Professor Dan Grossman explores the ‘maybe’ problem
Grossman and his research collaborators found motivated reasoning as one of the root causes of why invitees so often respond to invitations with ‘maybe’ instead of a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no.’