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Selecting a mate is one of the most important decisions men and women face in their lifetimes and the reasons given for selection have not always been in alignment with social research expectations or theory.... Argument for incorporation of complementary theory as a component of developmental theory based on the results of an interview sampling of six couples married over five years (up to 40). Bibliography lists 10 sources. jvMating.rtf
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not always been in alignment with social research expectations. Originally, the problem came from Sigmund Freuds 1927 psychological studies in which Freud said men and women choose mates like their
parents. Since the correlates have been lower than expected, social psychologists have attempted to determine why a person is attracted to another. As
part of that debate, in 2003, Cobb, Larson and Watson claimed that recent studies show little support for complementary theory, a needs-based theory suggesting people select mates whose skills and
needs complement their own. Cobb et al. would dismiss the theory outright, perhaps a by-product of the anti-codependency struggle of the 1990s. But needs theory is operating in live relationships
today, and specifically, in the form of complementary theory. In fact, complementary theory may have a stronger basis than popular, competing theories, and as such, should find a position among
them. Analyses of Mate Selection Theories Daniel Cere states that the current academic focus
is in three basic areas, "exchange theory, sociobiology, and close-relationship theory" (Cere 54). This not only indicates a lack of interest by academia in research in needs-based theories, but the
exclusion of all traditional theories in current research. This is an interesting development when Freud was the first to enumerate one of the first mate selection theories, which "in theory"
is actually closely positioned with the modern endogamy component of developmental theory. Little and Perret find in their studies enough evidence to support the statement "offspring [are] attracted to, or
at least [choose] to marry, individuals who resembled their opposite-sex parent" (Little and Perret 34). As part of the older, psychodynamic duo, ideal
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