Nowadays, many girls have to take out their mobile phones and take a selfie no matter where they go or what they are doing. Then select a few good-looking photos from a dozen photos for beautification and refinement. Then post the photo on social platforms, and then quietly wait for others to like it. I believe that there are such a group of girls around everyone, so what is the psychology behind these girls who love to take selfies? If you want to know the answer, read on below!

1. Psychology 1: Self-confidence, narcissism

We found an interesting phenomenon in the survey, the ratio of girls who love taking selfies is much higher than that of boys. Girls post selfies on social platforms almost twice as often as boys. This has to feel like it was posted out of narcissism. These girls take selfies when they eat, take selfies when they travel, and even take selfies when they go to the toilet. Generally, girls who like to take selfies are more confident. They feel that they look good, they like to appreciate their colleagues, and they want others to appreciate and praise her. So naturally I like to shoot anytime, anywhere.

2. Psychology II: Impression Management Behavior

From a psychological point of view, the main reason why girls love to send selfies is a psychological drive called "impression management behavior". Simply put, it is manipulating yourself to impress others. Impression management behavior can bring two major effects: one is to improve others' evaluation of me, friends will tell girls "you are beautiful" by liking, or leave a comment and tell girls directly; the second is to get positive feedback . Of course, there are true and false likes, even if it is a false like, it will make girls feel happy to a certain extent, thereby improving their self-confidence. Because as social animals, we are born to care about what others think of us, so impression management is an instinct, which is the same for boys and girls. However, because of the differences in the personal traits that the sexes value, there are also differences in the preferences of the sexes in the specific way of impression management. The reason why girls prefer to send selfies is because it reinforces a trait that is particularly important to girls - physical attractiveness.

3. Psychology III: Girls' Survival Strategy

For a long time, for girls, appearance has always been an important evaluation criterion in interpersonal communication. Especially when it comes to choosing a mate, boys often take a woman's appearance as the most important factor to consider. From an evolutionary psychology perspective, this may be because good looks mean youth and health, traits that are directly related to fertility. A good appearance can improve the status in the hearts of the opposite sex. Frequently posting good-looking selfies will make the opposite sex think that girls are good-looking, thus leaving a good impression. This is actually a survival strategy for girls.

4. Psychology 4: Showing off psychology, vanity plays havoc

Taking a selfie is a form of self-expression, like dressing up an item to look good and show it to others. Girls posting on social platforms is actually a kind of show-off psychology, and vanity is at play. Nowadays, many people like to show off on social platforms, and those girls who like to post selfies do so because they want to show off. For example, I had a girl friend before. I went out in a friend's good car. I took two pictures in the car when I had nothing to do, and then posted the selfie on the social platform. The photos at this time will definitely bring the background of the car, even if it is not your own, you want others to see it.