AbstractThe purpose of this study is to investigate the level of pre-service teachers’ need for cognition and to determine how it differs with respect to some variables. A total of 344 pre-service teachers (114 males and 230 females) from 4 different universities participated in this study. The data collected through Need for Cognition Scale which was developed by Cacioppo, Petty and Kao (1984) and revised by Demirci (1998). The findings revealed that pre-service teachers’ need for cognition is high and it varies with respect to their class, frequency of doing search for their own sake and career planning.