Does attributes increase automatically in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Attribute points are granted by the skills you choose that are not active skills.  You will see a skill say for a mage that grants you more freezing and it will also say +3 willpower or some such, thus if you pick that skill you will have more freezing and your character will get 3 points added to their willpower score. 

This is a way to have a have "real stats" in the game, but basically make them mean jack squat.