In two experiments, the effects of social class, moral orientation, and severity of punishment on boys' moral responses to transgression and generosity were investigated in second-and third-grade boys. In Experiment 1, a modified version of Aronfreed's task, the response measures were the self-critical and reparative responses on the transgression trial, the self-critical responses prior to this trial, and the number of candies removed by the subject during the task. In Experiment 2, the subject was asked if he wished to donate any of his candy from Experiment 1 to a "needy" child. Results indicated a differential effect of punishment treatment on the responses of the various moral orientation subjects. That is, the flexible moral orientation subjects punished themselves less and donated more candy than the rigid subjects across the punishment conditions. The data were interpreted to suggest that the flexible moral orientation subjects may be more "mature" and "internalized" than the rigid orientation subjects.