Dirk is in the woods on a dark night without a flashlight. He needs to use a specific tool mixed in with a dozen other items in his backpack. Explain how haptic perception can apply to Dirk's situation.
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Answers will vary. A sample answer follows. Dirk can reach into his backpack and identify the tool he needs, even in the dark, through haptic perception, which is using touch to identify objects. Haptic perception includes integrating information from mechanoreceptors, proprioceptors, thermoreceptors, and perhaps nociceptors as well.
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