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The validity and accuracy in analysing personality traits using interobserver reliability Abstract Four 211 psychology students were shown three scenes from a Star Trek video to empirically test the validity of personality impressions for Captain James T. Kirk and Captain Jean-luc Picard. It is predicted that perceived personality traits will be reflected in observed behaviour and that behavioural data will confirm that Captain Picard is more communicative and Captain Kirk is less communicative. The first video showed both captains together to get an impression of both captains and choose a trait in which to measure their personalities. The four students were then shown a video of Captain Kirk in which they individually noted the times the captain displayed communicative behaviour. This was then repeated for a video of Captain Picard. The results showed that Captain Kirk's behavioural data showed more communicativeness in comparison to Captain Picard. This is due to moderators of...

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