Climatological Determinism

Climatological Determinism is the term used by psychologists when discussing the effects of climate on behaviour. This view promulgates the belief that climate completely determines behaviour. Although it is generally agreed that climate determines lifestyle, it is unknown about the exact effect of climate.

Problems
Research into climatological determinism is severely limited. The main problem with such research is that groups of people living in different climates have vastly different cultures, a factor which acts as an extraneous variable in any studies on this topic. It cannot be determined whether it is climate or culture that causes the difference in behaviour.