在由社会无意识、社会心理、社会普通意识和社会意识形式所构成的社会意识层级结构中 ,社会普通意识是社会心理与社会意识形式之间的中介环节。社会普通意识包括社会思潮和社会文化心态两种基本形式。社会思潮是社会普通意识的特殊形式 ,社会文化心态是社会普通意识的一般形式 ,它们都在社会意识结构中居于中介地位。但是 ,由于社会思潮不可能在历史进程中经常出现 ,所以社会思潮在社会意识结构中的“中介”地位和作用是有限的 ;而社会文化心态作为社会普通意识的一般形式则具有普遍性、恒常性品格。因此 ,社会文化心态是在社会心理与社会意识形式之间 ,直接将二者联系起来 ,并在实现二者相互影响、相互转化过程中 ,始终居于中介地位、起中介作用的社会意识 In the hierarchical structure of social consciousness composed of social unconsciousness, social psychology, social common sense and social consciousness, the common sense of society is the intermediary link between social psychology and social ideology. The common sense of society includes two basic forms of social thought and social and cultural mentality. Social thought is a special form of social common sense. The social and cultural mentality is a general form of social common sense. All of them are intermediaries in the social consciousness structure. However, since the social trend of thoughts can not often appear in the historical process, the status and role of social trend of thought in the social consciousness structure are limited. The social and cultural mentality as a general form of social common sense is universal, Sexual character. Therefore, the social and cultural mentality is between the social psychology and social ideology, directly linking the two, and in the process of realizing the mutual influence and mutual transformation, the social and cultural mentality always resides in the intermediary position and plays an intermediary role in social awareness