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indeterminism

n.

1. in psychology, the doctrine that humans have free will and are able to act independently of antecedent or current situations, as in making choices. Compare determinism. See also hard determinism; soft determinism.

2. in philosophy, the position that events do not have necessary and sufficient causes. —indeterminist adj.

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behavior mapping

a technique of studying the activities of individuals within a space by noting what happens where. The degree of variability of behavior, as well as its association with certain types of environmental features, is a useful starting point to build or test hypotheses about, for example, architectural design. See also architectural programming.