PRESENTATION ABSTRACT Poster presented at the Pre-conference Teaching Institute, International Convention of Psychological Science 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23 – 25 March 2017. Title: DEVELOPING PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERACY IN THE PRE-GRADUAL TEACHER TRAINING PRESENTERS INFORMATION: 1. Lenka Sokolová, Comenius University in Bratislava, European Federation of Psychology Teachers Associations (EFPTA), sokolova24@gmail.com 2. Zlatica Jursová Zacharová, Comenius University in Bratislava, zacharova@fedu.uniba.sk 3. Miroslava Lemešová, Comenius University in Bratislava, lemesova@fedu.uniba.sk Abstract: The poster reports the findings from two exploratory studies (N = 217) on Slovak pre-service teachers´ perceptions of psychological concepts, the role of psychology in their professional training and their self-theories of intelligence and personality. Suggestions for the teaching of psychology to prospective teachers were done based on the empirical data. The study was supported by grant VEGA no. 1/0409/17 Teachers’ personality and professional vision related to the dealing with challenging situations in the classroom during the transition into service.