But as children grow older their categorical selves begin to include evaluations from others, comparisons and internal, psychological attributes.

Components of the self-concept include physical, psychological, and social attributes, which can be influenced by the individual's attitudes, habits, beliefs and ideas.

Unlike the previous two columns, this group does not refer to internal psychological attributes of a person.

The popular notion of darker-race inferiority frequently provided grounds for comparing psychological and physical attributes among human beings.

They have also been of abiding interest to social scientists as one of the few inheritable psychological attributes that can be measured.

Phrenology is a process that involved the observing and-or feeling the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.

Explanatory style is a psychological attribute that indicates how people explain to themselves why they experience a particular event, either positive or negative.

The quantification of psychological attributes such as attitudes, cognitive abilities and utility is therefore logically plausible.

This means that the scientific measurement of psychological attributes is possible.

That is, they believe tests do not identify absolute zero levels of psychological attributes.