This infographic was created by Marty Baragiola and originally published in the fall 2021 issue of UMSL Magazine as a companion to “Working for an Education: UMSL students’ tales of perseverance, support, sacrifice and success.” If you have a story idea for UMSL Magazine, email magazine@umsl.edu.

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.’