Do WeChat avatars affect first impressions?

It does.

WeChat avatars are like the way you see someone for the first time in a sea of people, and they can make a first impression. I believe that when you know that WeChat will give people a first impression, no matter what you use as an avatar, it is not randomly selected, there must be their own reasons.

The first cause effect refers to the individual in the process of social cognition, through the "first impression" of the first input information on the object after the cognitive impact of the role.

In life, there are many examples of the first cause effect, of which the WeChat avatar is also an example, WeChat avatar often affects the majority of people on a person's first impression. When we see other people's WeChat avatars, we will preemptively correspond to different styles of avatars to make judgments about other people's character hobbies and so on. Particularly those who use selfies as their avatars, easier to influence our first impression of them.

WeChat avatars are all the same, and everyone has their own preferences. For example, if a person uses an animal as an avatar, then we will think that this person should like small animals; if we use a cartoon avatar we will think that this person may be more adorable; if we use a weird sand sculpture avatar we will think that this person is more interesting and funny ...... Even we can see a person's gender and age through the WeChat avatar, such as many middle-aged and old people prefer to use flowers, landscape and other landscapes as avatars.

? My real experience

When I first got WeChat, I didn't know that WeChat avatars would give people a first impression, so I just got a random one that I thought was cool at first, a basketball playing avatar. I'm not sure if I've ever been to a school where I've had a good time, but I'm sure I've been to a school where I've had a good time, and I'm sure I've had a good time, and I'm sure I've had a good time, and I'm sure I've had a good time, and I'm sure I've had a good time, and I'm sure I've had a good time, and I've had a good time.

Knowing why, I immediately went to change my WeChat avatar. After a thousand choices, I finally settled on an avatar which is not so beautiful or romantic, but it's like my business card, leaving a first impression on others.

Conclusion

Maybe it's your favorite animal, or a place you dream of going to, or a hobby you especially like. Maybe one day your WeChat avatar will be the opening line of your greeting with others.