Psychological Research of Teenagers’ Creativity

Abstract

The aim of the research is: to investigate the level of the development of creative potential of students -future foreign language teachers, to apply the program of group activity developed by us in order to develop the creativity of respondents, to analyze its effectiveness.The following theoretical methods of the research were used to solve the tasks formulated in the article: a categorical method, structural and functional methods, the methods of the analysis, systematization, modeling, generalization. Also we used experimental methods, such as statement research. For the last one we used such methodology, as: the test «Circles» by E.P. Thorens; the author's methodology «The development of Creativity of teenagers» (Михальчук, Eр. Івашкевич & Яцюрик, 2021).The results of the research. In our research low results were obtained at both heuristic and reconstructive research levels. This indicates considerable difficulties that are arisen in a case when students are characterized with: a) the emergence of the ideas of solving the problem; b) making the design of the personal development; c) the embodiment of the idea in the activity, in communication with other students within the micro-group; d) the analysis and the evaluation of the results of pupils' own creativity or innovation. The results having been obtained by us also indicate the need to organize special training for adolescents in order to make targeted influences on the development of their creativity.In such a way we've to make some conclusions. The concept of «creativity» is more general, because it includes creative qualities. Creativity reflects, in addition to subjective moments, also the process of reconciling novelty, innovation of the activity generated by the subject with the existing (so-called stereotypical) socio-cultural context.We consider creativity as the process of interaction that necessarily leads to the personal development. We also define creativity as an activity that crea tes something new, original, which is included not only into the history of the creator, but also into the history of science, art, etc. A similar point of view is expressed by us when we define creativity as going beyond the existing human knowledge, overcoming certain boundaries and obstacles. In such a way creati vity means the creation of something new, which can mean both the transformation of the consciousness and behavior of the subject, generated by the person, but also which is alienated from his/her products.Conclusions. According to received data of our empirical research we offer some more definitions of the creativity, focusing the reader's attention on "ПРОБЛЕМИ СУЧАСНОЇ ПСИХОЛОГІЇ"