Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."My cousin has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from his service in Afghanistan. We're going to have huge numbers of mentally troubled soldiers coming home from this war."

What will be an ideal response?


Hasty generalization.

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