Indeed, people's social and psychological attributes shape their behaviour but, in many ways, behaviour is only partially predictable.
If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation. The striker attributes the team's success to a positive ethos at the club. [VERB noun + to]
- to regard as resulting from a specified cause: She attributes his bad temper to ill health. 2. to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: to attribute intelligence to one's colleagues.
Attributes are labels that can be used to describe people, places, things, animals, events and other entities. In the case of people, these are usually abstract concepts that explain the personality, behavior and potential of individuals.
n. something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property: Sensitivity is one of his attributes. something used as a symbol of a particular person, office, or status: A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
The interviewer asked me what I consider to be my best attribute. Both candidates possess the attributes we want in a leader.