reflexivity
noun [ U ] social science specialized uk/rɪ.fleksˈɪv.ə.ti/ us/rɪ.fleksˈɪv.ə.t̬i/
（自我）反思性，（自我）反省能力
the fact of someone being able to examine his or her own feelings, reactions, and motives (= reasons for acting) and how these influence what he or she does or thinks in a situation
I had in that time developed a degree of reflexivity unusual for a teenager. 那时候我已经发展出对一个十几岁的年轻人来说不寻常的自我反省能力。
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- In other words reflexivity counters the biases the researcher brings to her research.
- By reflexivity I mean the ability to stand back and look at your thinking and realise hey, maybe my view of reality is tainted by my desires.
- He said that much of what passes for theoretically informed research lacks any sense of critical distance or reflexivity about its own production and procedures.
- The agents' competence is assessed on the basis of their capacity for reflexivity and rationalisation of their actions.