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Hans Selye
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Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist widely credited with founding modern stress research.
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BirthplaceVienna, Austria-Hungary 1 Death PlaceMontreal, Quebec, Canada 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionProposed 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 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Hans Selye
1. Wikipedia: Hans Selye
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Selye was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on January 26, 1907
1. Wikipedia: Hans Selye
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His book The Stress of Life appeared in Hungarian as Az Eletunk es a stressz in 1964 and became a bestseller.
1. Wikipedia: Hans Selye
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was a Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors
2. Wikipedia: General Adaptation Syndrome
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The general adaptation syndrome (GAS), developed by Hans Selye, is a profile of how organisms respond to stress
2. Wikipedia: General Adaptation Syndrome
Wikimedia FoundationIn Branch: Health Psychology, Origin of stress term sectionQuote, 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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