Thus , according to Alston, Kohlberg ‘s methodology necessarily caused him to ignore the host of judgments young people make by habit. Habitual judgments are easy ones because the reward and punishment system of the culture has fashioned the individual’s “character” so that the solution to such moral issues is obvious and no alternative solutions can compete successfully with the habitual one. Alston believes that this lack in Kohlberg ‘s research method distorted the theorist’s view of the significance of habit or “character traits “ and of emotion in determining moral thought and behavior.