Creativity as the necessary condition of person's self-updating

Abstract. The authors view the person's self-updating of the teenagers, which is the mean of the creativity expression. Creativity is defined as the activity generating something qualitatively new, original and unique. The authors describe the results of the research held on the basis of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Vladikavkaz branch) and the Republican Center of Social Rehabilitation of minors.