Mark, David, Tia, and Ashley Are Team Members in a Computer

Mark, David, Tia, and Ashley are team members in a computer programming class. They have been assigned the task of creating a computerized payroll system involving multiple programs. Mark and Tia worked very hard and created programs that worked well. David and Ashley, however, did not work as hard as they could and created programs with numerous errors. This resulted in a payroll system that could not be implemented. The team's poor performance that was a result of David and Ashley not doing their best can be termed as

A) groupthink.
B) synergy.
C) social facilitation.
D) hierarchical sensitivity.
E) motivational loss.