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##### SUMMARY

Since https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57145, `elements=str` in Arguments_spec raises an error. We need to use elements="str" instead. I've done a workaround for VMware ( ansible-collections/vmware#235 ), but we may see more cases like that in the future. Is this an expected behaviour?

```python
        associable_object_types=dict(
            type='list',
             elements=str,
        ),
```

The error:


```
The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_vmware_category_payload_w4g0m32x/ansible_vmware_category_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 1775, in _handle_elements
    validated_params.append(type_checker(value, **kwargs))
fatal: [testhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "associable_object_types": [
                "Folder"
            ],
            "category_cardinality": "multiple",
            "category_description": "Folder",
            "category_name": "Folder",
            "hostname": "vcenter.test",
            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "port": 443,
            "protocol": "https",
            "state": "present",
            "username": "administrator@vsphere.local",
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Elements value for option associable_object_types is of type <class 'str'> and we were unable to convert to str: 'param' is an invalid keyword argument for str()"
}

```

##### ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report

##### COMPONENT NAME

lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py

##### ANSIBLE VERSION
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```paste below
devel
```
if 'PYTHONPATH' in os.environ:
            pypaths = os.environ['PYTHONPATH'].split(':')
            pypaths = [x for x in pypaths
                       if not x.endswith('/ansible_modlib.zip') and
                       not x.endswith('/debug_dir')]
            os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = ':'.join(pypaths)
            if not os.environ['PYTHONPATH']:
                del os.environ['PYTHONPATH']
        if data:
            st_in = subprocess.PIPE
        kwargs = dict(
            executable=executable,
            shell=shell,
            close_fds=close_fds,
            stdin=st_in,
            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
            preexec_fn=self._restore_signal_handlers,
        )
        if PY3 and pass_fds:
            kwargs["pass_fds"] = pass_fds
        elif PY2 and pass_fds:
            kwargs['close_fds'] = False
        
        prev_dir = os.getcwd()
        
        if cwd and os.path.isdir(cwd):