UMSL Chemistry Club members (from left) Rahmah Ghazal, Hung Nguyen and Jordan Rabus make some homemade ice cream to celebrate National Chemistry Week.

UMSL Chemistry Club members (from left) Rahmah Ghazal, Hung Nguyen and Jordan Rabus make some homemade ice cream to celebrate National Chemistry Week.
UMSL Chemistry Club members (from left) Rahmah Ghazal, Hung Nguyen and Jordan Rabus make some homemade ice cream to celebrate National Chemistry Week.
UMSL Chemistry Club members (from left) Rahmah Ghazal, Hung Nguyen and Jordan Rabus make some homemade ice cream to celebrate National Chemistry Week.
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.’