Interactionist Analysis of Adam Sandler The interactionist perspective falls within the social and cultural domain of personality. This perspective emphasizes how people’s personalities are expressed and impacted by their environments as well as how their environments are shaped by their personalities. This perspective consists of three initial processes; selection, evocation, and manipulation. An individuals’ personality has an affect on various environmental and social interactions surrounding the individual. The process of selection refers to a person choosing to be or not be in specific environments according to their personality preferences. People have a tendency to select environments that are congruent with, or align well, with their …show more content…
Sandler had never been priorly interested in pursuing a career in comedy, but he attended and attempted stand-up comedy himself due to his brother’s words of encouragement (Burger, 2020). Sandler chose to continue to build up his career as a comedian while he simultaneously attended New York University (NYU), the Tisch School of the Arts, where graduated from with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting in 1988 at age 21. Sandler chose to pursue education instead placing his focus solely on his …show more content…
They now have two children together. Their first daughter, Sadie, was born when Sandler was 40 years old, and their second daughter, Sunny, was born when Sandler was 42 years old (Pallardy, 2022). Adam Sandler has, on multiple occasions, admitted to being a family man. He views his children as what brings him the most joy and happiness in his life, despite the fact that their addition to the family required and forced several major life adjustments (Peoplemag, 2022; Variety, 2022 [1]). Sandler selected to have a family, and he also selects others who he surrounds himself with (e.g., friends). Most often, Sandler’s friends initially begin as being his cast mates or another person who works on the sets of films, television shows, or live shows and performances with him. He chooses to further develop his relationships with these individuals from colleague to close