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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
```
''' log that ansible ran the module '''
        
        
        log_args = dict()
        for param in self.params:
            canon = self.aliases.get(param, param)
            arg_opts = self.argument_spec.get(canon, {})
            no_log = arg_opts.get('no_log', None)
            
            if no_log is None and PASSWORD_MATCH.search(param):
                log_args[param] = 'NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD'
                self.warn('Module did not set no_log for %s' % param)
            elif self.boolean(no_log):
                log_args[param] = 'NOT_LOGGING_PARAMETER'
            else:
                param_val = self.params[param]
                if not isinstance(param_val, (text_type, binary_type)):
                    param_val = str(param_val)
                elif isinstance(param_val, text_type):
                    param_val = param_val.encode('utf-8')
                log_args[param] = heuristic_log_sanitize(param_val, self.no_log_values)
        msg = ['%s=%s' % (to_native(arg), to_native(val)) for arg, val in log_args.items()]
        if msg:
            msg = 'Invoked with %s' % ' '.join(msg)
        else:
            msg = 'Invoked'
        self.log(msg, log_args=log_args)
    def _set_cwd(self):