The nurse has provided an educational program for his peers regarding several theories of aging. Which of the following statements by a participant in the program indicates the need for further education?
1. "Senescence refers to changes that organisms experience as they age.".
2. "Error theories point to stressors as the cause for aging.".
3. "Error theories indicate that aging follows a timetable.".
4. "There are several major theories of aging: programmed, error, and those theories that overlap.".
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Rationale 1: The term senescence has become the preferred terminology to distinguish changes, such as graying hair, wrinkling of the skin and others, that have no impact on viability from those changes that create risks for disease, disability, and death.
Rationale 2: Error theories explain aging as the result of cellular damage in response to internal and external stressors.
Rationale 3: Programmed theories, not error theories, indicate that aging follows a timetable.
Rationale 4: The major categories of aging theories include programmed theories, error theories, and those that overlap.
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