The table below shows the predicted electron configurations based on the standard Aufbau principle alongside the experimentally determined ground-state electron configurations for neutral gaseous atoms of three first-row transition metals.

Element	Atomic Number	Predicted Configuration	Observed Ground-State Configuration
\(\text{V}\)	\(23\)	\([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^2 3d^3\)	\([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^2 3d^3\)
\(\text{Cr}\)	\(24\)	\([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^2 3d^4\)	\([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^1 3d^5\)
\(\text{Cu}\)	\(29\)	\([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^2 3d^9\)	\([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^1 3d^{10}\)

Which of the following statements best explains why the ground-state electron configuration of a neutral \(\text{Cr}\) atom is \([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^1 3d^5\) rather than \([\text{Ar}]\, 4s^2 3d^4\)?