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Hans Selye

Health Psychology

Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist widely credited with founding modern stress research.

Facts
Birth Date
1907-01-26 1
Birth Year
1907 1
Death Date
1982-10-16 1
Death Year
1982 1
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria-Hungary 1
Death Place
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1
Nationality / Culture
Hungarian-Canadian 1
Defining Contribution
Proposed the general adaptation syndrome in 1936, describing the body's alarm, resistance and exhaustion stages in response to sustained stress, and helped establish stress as a distinct field of biological and psychological study. 2
Notable Work
The Stress of Life 1
Connections

Associated With

Behavioral Medicine, Branches of Psychology

His General Adaptation Syndrome research founded the stress-and-health science behavioral medicine draws on.

In Branch

Health Psychology, Branches of Psychology
Source Wikipedia: General Adaptation Syndrome

Studies Conducted

Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome Experiments, Studies and Experiments
Source Wikipedia: Hans Selye

Theories and Concepts Developed

General Adaptation Syndrome, Theories and Concepts
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Austria

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Hans Selyetier 2
Canada

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Hans Selyetier 2
Hungary

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Hans Selyetier 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hans Selye
Wikimedia Foundation
  • infobox
    October 16, 1982
  • Early life
    Selye was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on January 26, 1907
  • Biography section
    His book The Stress of Life appeared in Hungarian as Az Életünk és a stressz in 1964 and became a bestseller.
  • Introduction
    was a Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors
  • Studies Conducted: Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome Experiments, Lead
    János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye (; Hungarian: Selye János Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃɛjɛ]; January 26, 1907, October 16, 1982) was a Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors.
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2. Wikipedia: General Adaptation Syndrome
Wikimedia Foundation
  • General adaptation syndrome definition section
    The general adaptation syndrome (GAS), developed by Hans Selye, is a profile of how organisms respond to stress
  • In Branch: Health Psychology, Origin of stress term section
    The current usage of the word stress arose out of Hans Selye's 1930s experiments.
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