I was part of the observing/studying group. My focus was to look at the laughter in the other group during the 15 minutes of preparation and the presentation of their assignment. I think this was incredibly interesting to look at something like this, that you don't really take notice of when you are doing it. The three main reasons for laughter was to a) break the tension after tense situations like group arguments, if a member of the group's mind wanders, they will usually start talking about something funny they saw/heard, and also at the beginning when the group first realized we were observing them, awkward/nervous laughter was heard as they were not sure what was happening. I found people like Sam and Hannah to be people who make others laugh, but also can laugh at other things, with Maddy laughing the most (she was quite giggly) and Kasun laughing the least. This also related to how much input each member was having in the group - Maddy was involved the most and Kasun was involved the least.
I am not fully sure whether these results would be valuable for a scientist, as the other group knew they were being examined (what was not sure) and so I am uncertain they were acting naturally. If they were unaware of the examining, it would be a lot more accurate.
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