Our ability to think about ourselves and use language to represent ourselves to others is our
A) subjective self-awareness.
B) symbolic self-awareness.
C) objective self-awareness.
D) reactive self-awareness.

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Symbolic self-awareness refers to our ability to use language and symbols to represent ourselves to others. It is a key feature of human self-awareness and distinguishes us from other animals, which lack this ability. A, C and D are incorrect because they do not accurately describe this concept. Subjective self-awareness refers to our private or inner sense of self, while objective self-awareness refers to our awareness of ourselves as objects in the external world. Reactive self-awareness refers to our tendency to modify our behavior in response to our awareness of being observed.

Our Ability to Think About Ourselves and Use Language to Represent