本文简要介绍了近 2 0年来西方进化论观心理学家对符号自我的概念、内容及功能所作的研究。这些研究认为 ,符号自我是一种适应 ,而且由于其高度的适应性意义 ,它还是一种被选择的、仅属于人类的、具有广阔基础的能力。符号自我不仅具有适应功能 ,而且还在人的心理生活中具有重要的作用 This article briefly introduces the research on concept, content and function of symbolic ego by Western evolutionary psychologists in recent 20 years. These studies argue that the sign self is an adaptation and that, because of its highly adaptive nature, it is also a chosen, human-only, broad-based ability. Symbolic self not only has the function of adaptation, but also plays an important role in people’s psychological life