Business major Robert “Otto” Ottinger drags a sled across the lawn outside the Recreation and Wellness Center last Tuesday during the UMSL Combat Fitness Test Competition.

Business major Robert “Otto” Ottinger drags a sled across the lawn outside the Recreation and Wellness Center last Tuesday during the UMSL Combat Fitness Test Competition.
Business major Robert “Otto” Ottinger drags a sled across the lawn outside the Recreation and Wellness Center last Tuesday during the UMSL Combat Fitness Test Competition.
Business major Robert “Otto” Ottinger drags a sled across the lawn outside the Recreation and Wellness Center last Tuesday during the UMSL Combat Fitness Test Competition.
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.’