After hearing his parents argue, 4-year-old drew had a vivid dream in which he saved his mother from being killed by a dragon. a psychoanalyst would most likely suspect that drew's dream reflects a (n) : external locus of control. self-serving bias. rationalization. oedipus complex. oral fixation.

The correct answer is rationalization. It is because rationalization is being defined as having to show a defense mechanism wherein an individual is likely to explain the behaviors or feelings in a logical manner by having to avoid the true explanation, whereas the child is likely to imagine that she saves her mother from the dragon wherein truth, he likely depicts the dragon to be his father and he would like to save her mother out of the argument.