?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Is+humn+mating+adventitious+or+the+result+of+lawful+choice%3F+A+twin+study+of+mate+selection.&rft.creator=Lykken%2C+D.T.&rft.creator=Tellegen%2C+A.&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Inventory+data+on+a+large+sample+of+middle-aged+twins+and+their+spouses+confirmed+that+spousal+pairs+are+consistently+but+weakly+similar+on+traits+of+personality%2C+interests%2C+talents%2C+and+attitudes.+We+argue%2C+however%2C+that+neither+the+Similarity+model+of+mate+selection%2C+nor+one+of+its+facets%2C+the+Equity+model%2C+can+account+for+specific+mate+choice.+We+therefore+tested+the+hypothesis+that+people+select+their+mates+using+idiosyncratic+criteria+and+that+the+spouses+of+monozygotic+(MZ)+twins+should+therefore+be+very+similar.+When+compared+to+spouses+of+dizygotic+(DZ)+twins+or+even+to+random+pairs+of+spouses%2C+the+spouses+of+MZ+twins+failed+to+show+the+predicted+excess+of+small+intra-spouse+differences.+We+asked+547+of+these+twins+to+rate+their+attitudes+toward+their+cotwin's+choices+of+wardrobe%2C+furnishings%2C+vacations%2C+jobs+-+and+spouses%3B+a+similar+questionnaire+was+completed+by+the+spouses+of+these+twins.+Both+data+sets+confirm+that+MZ+twins+are+very+similar+in+most+of+their+choices%2C+more+so+than+DZ+twins%2C+but+nearly+40%25+of+both+MZs+and+DZs+recall+that+they+actually+disliked+their+cotwin's+choice+of+mate+at+the+time+that+choice+was+made.+Similarly%2C+30%25+of+the+spouses+of+MZ+twins+report+actually+disliking+the+identical+twin+of+the+mate+they+had+recently+selected.+Our+findings+suggest+that+characteristics+both+of+the+chooser+and+the+chosen+constrain+mate+selection+only+weakly.+We+propose+that+it+is+romantic+infatuation+that+commonly+determines+the+final+choice+from+a+broad+field+of+potential+eligibles+and+that+this+phenomenon+is+inherently+random%2C+in+the+same+sense+as+is+imprinting+in+precocial+birds.&rft.date=1993&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F773%2F3%2F155.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lykken%2C+D.T.+and+Tellegen%2C+A.++(1993)+Is+humn+mating+adventitious+or+the+result+of+lawful+choice%3F+A+twin+study+of+mate+selection.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F773%2F