Moroz Y. Psychological peculiarities of the development of senior pupils' creative activity.

The thesis is dedicated to the research of the process of formation of senior pupils' creative activity. In the thesis a precise and accurate definition is given to such notion as creative activity in the context of Age and Pedagogical Psychology. The thesis proves that creative activity is a complex and integral psychological structure of a personality and is determined in its development by the interaction of internal and external factors. A system of methodical procedures of research and development of senior pupils' creative activity is created and tried out. The thesis contains the new methodical complexes for revealing the peculiarities of the development of a person's creative activity. The main functional parts of the model of its optimum development are suggested.